Gustav Bauer

Gustav Bauer
Bauer in 1920
Chancellor of Germany (Weimar Republic)
In office 21 June 1919 – 26 March 1920 Minister President: 21 June 1919 – 14 August 1919
President	Friedrich Ebert
Preceded by	Philipp Scheidemann
Succeeded by	Hermann Müller
Vice-Chancellor of Germany
In office 10 May 1921 – 22 November 1922
Chancellor	Joseph Wirth
Preceded by	Rudolf Heinze
Succeeded by	Robert Schmidt
Minister of the Treasury
In office 10 May 1921 – 22 November 1922
Chancellor	Joseph Wirth
Preceded by	Gustav Bauer
Succeeded by	Heinrich Albert
In office 31 January 1920 – 21 June 1920
Chancellor	Gustav Bauer Hermann Müller
Preceded by	Wilhelm Mayer
Succeeded by	Hans von Raumer
Minister of Transport
In office 2 May 1920 – 21 June 1920
Chancellor	Hermann Müller
Preceded by	Johannes Bell
Succeeded by	Wilhelm Groener
Minister of Labour
In office 4 October 1918 – 21 June 1919 Staatssekretär: 4 October 1918 – 13 February 1919
Chancellor	Max von Baden Friedrich Ebert (de facto) Philipp Scheidemann
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Alexander Schlicke
Member of the Reichstag
In office 24 June 1920 – 13 June 1928
Constituency	Magdeburg
Member of the Weimar National Assembly
In office 6 February 1919 – 21 May 1920
Constituency	Breslau
Personal details
Born	Gustav Adolf Bauer (1870-01-06)6 January 1870 Darkehmen, Province of Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, North German Confederation
Died	16 September 1944(1944-09-16) (aged 74) Berlin, Nazi Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse	Hedwig Moch

Gustav Adolf Bauer (listen^ⓘ; 6 January 1870 – 16 September 1944) was a German Social Democratic Party leader and the chancellor of Germany from June 1919 to March 1920. Prior to that, he was minister of labour in the last cabinet of the German Empire and during most of the German Revolution that preceded the formal establishment of the Weimar Republic.

Bauer became minister president of the Weimar National Assembly in June 1919 after Philipp Scheidemann resigned in protest against the Treaty of Versailles. Following the adoption of the Weimar Constitution in August 1919, Bauer's title formally changed to "chancellor". During his term of office, a crucial tax restructuring was enacted, as were a series of important social reforms that affected unemployment relief, maternity benefits and health and old age insurance.

After his cabinet fell in March 1920 as a result of its response to the Kapp Putsch, Bauer served as vice-chancellor, minister of the treasury, and minister of transportation in other cabinets from May 1920 to November 1922. In 1925 he was forced to resign his seat in the Reichstag due to his involvement in the fraud and bribery of the Barmat scandal. He was allowed to resume his seat in 1926. He kept it until 1928 when he retired from public life.