Adam Stegerwald

Adam Stegerwald
Stegerwald in 1931
Reich Minister of Labour
In office
30 March 1930 – 30 May 1932
ChancellorHeinrich Brüning
Preceded byRudolf Wissell
Succeeded byHermann Warmbold
Reich Minister of Transport
In office
13 April 1929 – 27 March 1930
ChancellorHermann Müller
Preceded byGeorg Schätzel
Succeeded byTheodor von Guérard
Minister President of Prussia
In office
21 April 1921 – 5 November 1921
Preceded byOtto Braun
Succeeded byOtto Braun
Member of the Reichstag
In office
1920–1933
ConstituencyWestfalen-Nord
Member of the Weimar National Assembly
In office
6 February 1919 – 21 May 1920
ConstituencyKöln-Aachen
Personal details
Born
Adam Stegerwald

(1874-12-14)14 December 1874
Greußenheim, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died3 December 1945(1945-12-03) (aged 70)
Würzburg, Bavaria, Allied-occupied Germany
Political partyCentre
EducationLudwig Maximilian University of Munich
OccupationPolitician

Adam Stegerwald (14 December 1874 – 3 December 1945) was a German politician and union leader who served as chairman of the German Trade Union Federation (DGB), the Catholic trade union association, during the Weimar Republic. He was also a prominent member of the Catholic Centre Party and served briefly as Minister-President of Prussia in 1921. After the Second World War, he was a co-founder of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria.