Eugen Schiffer

Eugen Schiffer
Vice-Chancellor of Germany
In office
3 October 1919 – 27 March 1920
ChancellorGustav Bauer
Preceded byBernhard Dernburg
Succeeded byErich Koch-Weser
Deputy Minister President of Germany
In office
13 February 1919 – 19 April 1919
Minister PresidentPhilipp Scheidemann
Preceded byMatthias Erzberger
Succeeded byBernhard Dernburg
Minister of Justice
In office
10 May 1921 – 22 October 1921
ChancellorHermann Müller
Constantin Fehrenbach
Joseph Wirth
Preceded byRudolf Heinze
Succeeded byGustav Radbruch
In office
3 October 1919 – 26 March 1920
ChancellorGustav Bauer
Preceded byOtto Landsberg
Succeeded byAndreas Blunck
Minister of Finance
In office
13 February 1919 – 19 April 1919
Minister PresidentPhilipp Scheidemann
Preceded bySiegfried von Roedern
Succeeded byBernhard Dernburg
Member of the Reichstag
(Weimar Republic)
In office
24 June 1920 – 5 January 1925
ConstituencyMagdeburg
(German Empire)
In office
7 February 1912 – 9 November 1918
ConstituencyMagdeburg 5
Member of the Weimar National Assembly
In office
6 February 1919 – 21 May 1920
ConstituencyMagdeburg
Personal details
Born(1860-02-14)14 February 1860
Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia
Died5 September 1954(1954-09-05) (aged 94)
West Berlin, West Germany
Political partyGerman Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Breslau
OccupationPolitician

Eugen Schiffer (14 February 1860 – 5 September 1954) was a German lawyer and liberal politician. He served as Minister of Finance and deputy head of government in the Weimar Republic from February to April 1919. From October 1919 to March 1920, he was again deputy head of government and Minister of Justice. In 1921, he once more became Minister of Justice. Schiffer was a founder-member of the liberal German Democratic Party (DDP) in 1918 and 1919 and co-founder in 1946 of its East German successor party, the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD).