Reinhold Maier

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Reinhold Maier
Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg
In office 25 April 1952 – 30 September 1953
Deputy	Hermann Veit
Preceded by	himself (as Minister-President of Württemberg-Baden) Gebhard Müller (as Minister-President of Württemberg-Hohenzollern) Leo Wohleb (as Minister-President of Baden)
Succeeded by	Gebhard Müller
Minister-President of Württemberg-Baden
In office 19 September 1945 – 25 April 1952
Deputy	Fritz Ulrich Josef Beyerle Hermann Veit
Preceded by	Walter Köhler (as Minister-President of the Republic of Baden) Christian Mergenthaler (as Minister-President of the Free People's State of Württemberg)
Succeeded by	himself (as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg)
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg In office 15 October 1957 – 30 September 1959 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Klaus Freiherr von Mühlen Constituency Free Democratic Party List In office 6 October 1953 – 14 May 1956 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Fritz Weber Constituency Free Democratic Party List Member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg for Waiblingen II In office 17 March 1961 – 10 June 1964 Preceded by himself Succeeded by Heinz Bühringer In office 25 March 1952 – 6 February 1961 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by himself Member of the Landtag of Württemberg-Baden In office 10 December 1946 – 30 May 1952 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Constituency abolished Member of the Reichstag for Free People's State of Württemberg In office 6 December 1932 – 12 December 1933 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1889-10-16)16 October 1889 Schorndorf, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire (now Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Died	19 August 1971(1971-08-19) (aged 81) Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany (now Germany)
Resting place	Alter Friedhof, Schorndorf
Political party	Free Democratic Party (1948–1971)
Other political affiliations	Democratic People's Party (1945–1948) German State Party (1930–1933) German Democratic Party (1918–1930) Progressive People's Party (1912–1918)
Spouse	Gerta Goldschmidt
Alma mater	Grenoble Alpes University University of Tübingen University of Heidelberg (Dr. jur.)
Occupation	Politician Lawyer
Awards	Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[1]
Military service
Allegiance	Kgm. of Württemberg
Unit	Fußartillerie-Regiment 13
Battles/wars	First World War

Reinhold Maier (16 October 1889 – 19 August 1971) was a German politician and the leader of the FDP from 1957–1960. From 1946 to 1952 he was Minister President of Württemberg-Baden and then the 1st Minister President of the new state of Baden-Württemberg until 1953.

He served as the 4th President of the Bundesrat in 1952/53, the only FDP politician in German history to do so to date.

Maier was born in Schorndorf.