Reinhold Maier

Reinhold Maier

Reinhold Maier (16 October 1889 – 19 August 1971) was a German politician and the leader of the FDP from 1957–1960. From 1946 to 1952 he was Minister President of Württemberg-Baden and then the 1st Minister President of the new state of Baden-Württemberg until 1953.

He served as the 4th President of the Bundesrat in 1952/53, the only FDP politician in German history to do so to date, as well as one of only two Presidents to not come from either the CDU/CSU or the SPD (the other one is Winfried Kretschmann, who is member of Alliance '90/The Greens an was the 67th President of the Bundesrat in 2012/13).

Maier was born in Schorndorf. In the Weimar Republic Maier was a member of the German Democratic Party (DDP). In 1945 he was a founder of the Democratic People's Party (DVP), which is now the Baden-Württemberg-Organisation of the FDP.

He died in Stuttgart.

Presidents of the Bundesrat (Federal Council)

Karl Arnold Hans Ehard Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf Reinhold Maier Georg August Zinn Peter Altmeier Kai-Uwe von Hassel Kurt Sieveking Willy Brandt Wilhelm Kaisen Franz-Josef Röder Franz Meyers Kurt Georg Kiesinger Georg Diederichs Helmut Lemke Klaus Schütz Herbert Weichmann Franz-Josef Röder Hans Koschnick Heinz Kühn Alfons Goppel Hans Filbinger Alfred Kubel Albert Osswald Bernhard Vogel Gerhard Stoltenberg Dietrich Stobbe Hans-Ulrich Klose Werner Zeyer Johannes Rau Franz Josef Strauss Lothar Späth Ernst Albrecht Holger Börner Walter Wallmann Björn Engholm Walter Momper Henning Voscherau Alfred Gomolka Berndt Seite Oskar Lafontaine Klaus Wedemeier Edmund Stoiber Erwin Teufel Gerhard Schröder Hans Eichel Roland Koch Kurt Biedenkopf Kurt Beck Klaus Wowereit Wolfgang Böhmer Dieter Althaus Matthias Platzeck Peter Harry Carstensen Harald Ringstorff Ole von Beust Peter Müller Jens Böhrnsen

Minister Presidents of Baden-Württemberg

Reinhold Maier Gebhard Müller Kurt Georg Kiesinger Hans Filbinger Lothar Späth Erwin Teufel Günther Oettinger Stefan Mappus Winfried Kretschmann

Chairmen of the Free Democratic Party of Germany

Theodor Heuss Franz Blücher Thomas Dehler Reinhold Maier Erich Mende Walter Scheel Hans-Dietrich Genscher Martin Bangemann Otto Graf Lambsdorff Klaus Kinkel Wolfgang Gerhardt Guido Westerwelle Philipp Rösler Christian Lindner

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