Rudolf Jordan (politician)

Rudolf Jordan
(1933)
Gauleiter of Gau Halle-Merseburg
In office 19 January 1931 – 20 April 1937
Preceded by	Paul Hinkler
Succeeded by	Joachim Albrecht Eggeling
Gauleiter of Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt
In office 20 April 1937 – 2 May 1945
Preceded by	Joachim Albrecht Eggeling
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Reichsstatthalter of the Free State of Anhalt
In office 20 April 1937 – 2 May 1945
Preceded by	Fritz Sauckel
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Reichsstatthalter of the Free State of Brunswick
In office 20 April 1937 – 2 May 1945
Preceded by	Fritz Sauckel
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Minister-President of the Free State of Anhalt
In office 1 January 1940 – 2 May 1945
Preceded by	Alfred Freyberg
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	21 June 1902 Großenlüder, Prussia, German Empire
Died	27 October 1988 (aged 86) Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Political party	National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)
Profession	Volksschule Teacher

Rudolf Jordan (21 June 1902 – 27 October 1988) was the Gauleiter in Halle-Merseburg and Magdeburg-Anhalt in the time of the Third Reich. After the war, he was sentenced to 25 years in a Soviet Union labour camp. He was released from the camp in October 1955, and died in Munich in 1988.