Johannes Bell

Johannes Bell
Johannes Bell in 1908
Reich Minister of Justice
In office
17 July 1926 – 29 January 1927
ChancellorWilhelm Marx
Preceded byWilhelm Marx (acting)
Succeeded byOskar Hergt
Reich Minister for the Occupied Territories
Acting
17 July 1926 – 29 January 1927
ChancellorWilhelm Marx
Preceded byWilhelm Marx (acting)
Succeeded byWilhelm Marx (acting)
Reich Minister of Transport
In office
5 November 1919 – 1 May 1920
ChancellorGustav Bauer
Hermann Müller
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byGustav Bauer
Reich Minister for the Colonies
In office
21 June 1919 – 7 November 1919
ChancellorPhilipp Scheidemann
Gustav Bauer
Preceded byPhilipp Scheidemann
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1868-09-23)23 September 1868
Essen, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia
Died21 October 1949(1949-10-21) (aged 81)
Beverungen, West Germany
Political partyCentre Party
ProfessionJurist

Johannes Bell (23 September 1868 – 21 October 1949) was a German jurist and politician from the Centre Party. During the Weimar Republic era, he briefly served as Minister of Colonial Affairs, Minister of Transport (1919/20), and as Minister of Justice (1926/27). He was one of the two German representatives who signed the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919.