Philipp Scheidemann - Scheidemann Cabinet

Scheidemann Cabinet

  • Philipp Scheidemann (SPD) – Reichs Chancellor
  • Dr. Eugen Schiffer (DDP) – Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister
  • Dr. Ulrich Graf von Brockdorff-Rantzau – Foreign Minister
  • Dr. Hugo Preuß (DDP) – Interior Minister
  • Dr. Otto Landsberg (SPD) – Justice Minister
  • Rudolf Wissell (SPD) – Economics Minister
  • Robert Schmidt (SPD) – Food Minister
  • Gustav Bauer (SPD) – Labour Minister
  • Gustav Noske (SPD) – Defence Minister
  • Dr. Johannes Bell (Z) – Transportation Minister and Colonial Minister
  • Johannes Giesberts (Z) – Postal Minister
  • Dr. Eduard David (SPD) – Minister without Portfolio
  • Matthias Erzberger (Z) – Minister without Portfolio

Changes

  • March 1919 – Dr. Georg Gothein (DDP) enters the cabinet as Treasury Minister.
  • April 1919 – Dr. Bernhard Dernburg (DDP) succeeds Schiffer as Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister.

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