Johannes Popitz | |
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| Prussian Minister of Finance and Minister of State | |
| In office 21 April 1933 – 21 July 1944 | |
| Prime Minister | Hermann Göring |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Reichskommissar) |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Reichskommissar Prussian Ministry of Finance | |
| In office 29 October 1932 – 21 April 1933 | |
| Chancellor | Kurt von Schleicher Franz von Papen Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by | Franz Schleusener |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Minister of Finance) |
| Reichsminister without Portfolio | |
| In office 29 October 1932 – 30 January 1933 | |
| Chancellor | Kurt von Schleicher Franz von Papen |
| State Secretary Prussian Ministry of Finance | |
| In office 1925 – 21 December 1929 | |
| Prime Minister | Otto Braun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 December 1884 Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire |
| Died | 2 February 1945 (aged 60) Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Political party | Nazi Party (from January 1937) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Johannes Popitz (2 December 1884 – 2 February 1945) was a Prussian lawyer, finance minister and a member of the German Resistance against the government of Nazi Germany. He was the father of Heinrich Popitz, an important German sociologist.