Christian Stock

Christian Stock (right).

Christian Stock (28 August 1884, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse – 13 April 1967 in Seeheim-Jugenheim) was a German Social Democrat politician and the first Prime Minister—Ministerpräsident—of the provisional state of Greater Hesse (later Hesse), which had been constituted in the aftermath of World War II. He was born in Darmstadt and died in Seeheim-Jugenheim.

Stock was over 82 at the time of his death, making him the oldest Minister-President that the Republic had had until then.

External links

Christian Stock in the German National Library catalogue

Minister Presidents of Hesse

People's State of Hesse (est. 1918)	Carl Ulrich Bernhard Adelung

Nazi period (1933–1945)	Ferdinand Werner Philipp Wilhelm Jung Jakob Sprenger

Greater Hesse (1945–1946)	Ludwig Bergsträsser Karl Geiler

Modern Hesse (since 1946)	Christian Stock Georg August Zinn Albert Osswald Holger Börner Walter Wallmann Hans Eichel Roland Koch Volker Bouffier

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 62341557 LCCN: n84115086 GND: 118618296

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