Helmuth von Maltzahn

Helmuth von Maltzahn
Helmuth Freiherr von Maltzahn in 1905.
Secretary of State of the Treasury
In office 14 September 1888 – 12 August 1893
Chancellor	Otto von Bismarck Leo von Caprivi
Preceded by	Karl Rudolf Jacobi
Succeeded by	Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner
Oberpräsident of Pomerania
In office 1900–1911
Preceded by	Robert von Puttkamer
Succeeded by	Wilhelm von Waldow
Member of the Reichstag
In office 1871–1888
Constituency	Stettin 1
Personal details
Born	(1840-01-06)6 January 1840 Gültz, Province of Pomerania, Prussia
Died	11 February 1923(1923-02-11) (aged 83) Gültz, Province of Pomerania, Prussia
Nationality	German
Political party	Conservatives
Relations	Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn (grandson)

Helmuth Ludwig Wilhelm Freiherr^[a] von Maltzahn (6 January 1840 – 11 February 1923) was a German finance minister and a representative in the Reichstag.

Maltzahn was born in Gültz in the Prussian Province of Pomerania. After finishing school he studied law in Erlangen, Heidelberg, and Berlin.^[1] He began his career as an assessor, but in 1867 he decided to dedicate himself to the administration of his own estate. In the years 1868 to 1872 he built Schloss Gültz, a manor house in the classical style.

Maltzahn participated in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) as a cavalry officer. In 1871 he became a member of the Reichstag for the constituency of Anklam-Demmin,^[1] and was made chairman of the household committee. In 1875, he received the title Freiherr. From 1888 to 1893, he was Finance Minister of the German Empire. In 1900 he took over the task of Oberpräsident of Pomerania in Stettin (Szczecin) and held this office until 1911.

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