Friedrich Middelhauve

Friedrich Middelhauve
Middelhauve in the 1950s
Deputy Minister-president
Minister of Economics and Transport
North Rhine-Westphalia
In office
27 July 1954 – 20 February 1956
Minister-presidentKarl Arnold
Preceded byArtur Sträter
Succeeded byWilli Weyer (Deputy Minister-president)
Hermann Kohlhase (Minister of Economics and Transport)
Deputy Federal Chairman, FDP
In office
November 1952 – April 1956
Chairman, FDP State Association
North Rhine-Westphalia
In office
August 1947 – 22 February 1956
Preceded byGustav Altenhain
Succeeded byWilli Weyer
Additional positions
1946–1958Landtag member,
North Rhine Westphalia
1949–1950 &
1953–1954
Bundestag member
Personal details
Born17 November 1896
Siegen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died14 July 1966(1966-07-14) (aged 69)
Bad Mergentheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partyFree Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations
German State Party
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
University of Cologne
University of Marburg
University of Münster
AwardsOrder of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Military service
Allegiance German Empire
Branch/serviceImperial German Army
Years of service1916-1918
Battles/warsWorld War I

Friedrich Middelhauve (17 November 1896 – 14 July 1966) was a German publisher and a politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). From 1947 until 1956 he served as FDP state chairman for North Rhine-Westphalia and, between 1952 and 1956, he was the party's deputy federal chairman. From July 1954 until February 1956, he was Deputy Minister-president and Minister of Economics and Transport in North Rhine-Westphalia. He also served as a member of the state and federal legislatures. On the right-wing of the party, he tried unsuccessfully to steer the FDP into a united bloc with smaller conservative parties in an effort dubbed the "National Collective".