Robert Schmidt (German politician)

Robert Schmidt
Vice-Chancellor of Germany
In office
13 August 1923 – 6 October 1923
ChancellorGustav Stresemann
Preceded byGustav Bauer
Succeeded byKarl Jarres
Reich Minister for Reconstruction
In office
13 August 1923 – 6 October 1923
ChancellorGustav Stresemann
Preceded byHeinrich Albert
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Reich Minister of Economics
In office
10 May 1921 – 22 November 1922
ChancellorJoseph Wirth
Preceded byErnst Scholz
Succeeded byJohann Becker
In office
16 July 1919 – 21 June 1920
ChancellorGustav Bauer
Hermann Müller
Preceded byErnst Scholz
Succeeded byJohann Becker
Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture
In office
13 February 1919 – 14 September 1919
ChancellorPhilipp Scheidemann
Gustav Bauer
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAndreas Hermes
Member of the Reichstag
(Weimar Republic)
In office
6 February 1919 – 18 July 1930
1919–1920Weimar National Assembly
ConstituencyBerlin (1919)
National list (1920-1924)
Westfalen Süd (1924-1930)
(German Empire)
In office
3 December 1903 – 9 November 1918
ConstituencyBerlin 5
Personal details
Born(1864-05-15)15 May 1864
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died16 September 1943(1943-09-16) (aged 79)
Berlin, Nazi Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partySocial Democratic Party

Robert Schmidt (15 May 1864 – 16 September 1943) was a German trade unionist, journalist, politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He served as the minister of Reichsernährungsminister (Alimentation), Reichswirtschaftsminister (Economic Affairs) and Reichsminister für Wiederaufbau (Reconstruction) in a number of cabinets of the Weimar Republic.