Eugen Schiffer

Eugen Schiffer (14 February 1860 – 5 September 1954), was the German Minister of Finances and Vice-Chancellor from 13 February to 19 April 1919 and 3 October 1919 to 27 March 1920. From 1919 to 1920 and again in 1921 he served as Minister of Justice.

He was born in Breslau. He worked out an involved plan to pay Germany's internal war debt and to restore the value of the Deutsche Mark. In 1924 he retired from active politics. He died in Berlin.

Political offices
Preceded by
Friedrich von Payer
Vice Chancellor of Germany
1919
Succeeded by
Bernhard Dernburg
Preceded by
Matthias Erzberger
Vice Chancellor of Germany
1919-1920
Succeeded by
Erich Koch-Weser
Finance Ministers of Germany
German Empire
(1871–1918)
  • Adolf von Scholz
  • Franz Emil Emanuel von Burchard
  • Karl Rudolf Jacobi
  • Baron Helmuth von Maltzahn
  • Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner
  • Max Franz Guido von Thielmann
  • Baron Hermann von Stengel
  • Reinhold Sydow
  • Adolf Wermuth
  • Hermann Kühn
  • Karl Helfferich
  • Count Siegfried von Roedern
Weimar Republic
(1918–1933)
  • Eugen Schiffer
  • Bernhard Dernburg
  • Matthias Erzberger
  • Joseph Wirth
  • Andreas Hermes
  • Rudolf Hilferding
  • Hans Luther
  • Otto von Schlieben
  • Hans Luther
  • Peter Reinhold
  • Heinrich Köhler
  • Rudolf Hilferding
  • Paul Moldenhauer
  • Heinrich Brüning
  • Hermann R. Dietrich
Third Reich
(1933–1945)
  • Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk
East Germany
(1949–1990)
  • Hans Loch
  • Willy Rumpf
  • Siegfried Böhm
  • Werner Schmieder
  • Ernst Höfner
  • Uta Nickel
  • Walter Romberg
  • Werner Skowron
Federal Republic of Germany
(1949–)
  • Fritz Schäffer
  • Franz Etzel
  • Heinz Starke
  • Rolf Dahlgrün
  • Kurt Schmücker
  • Franz Josef Strauss
  • Alex Möller
  • Karl Schiller
  • Helmut Schmidt
  • Hans Apel
  • Hans Matthöfer
  • Manfred Lahnstein
  • Gerhard Stoltenberg
  • Theodor Waigel
  • Oskar Lafontaine
  • Hans Eichel
  • Peer Steinbrück
  • Wolfgang Schäuble
Authority control
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Persondata
Name Schiffer, Eugen
Alternative names
Short description German politician
Date of birth 14 February 1860
Place of birth
Date of death 5 September 1954
Place of death