Rudolf Jordan (politician)

Rudolf Jordan
(1933)
Gauleiter of Gau Halle-Merseburg
In office
19 January 1931 – 20 April 1937
Preceded byPaul Hinkler
Succeeded byJoachim Albrecht Eggeling
Gauleiter of Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt
In office
20 April 1937 – 2 May 1945
Preceded byJoachim Albrecht Eggeling
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Reichsstatthalter of the Free State of Anhalt
In office
20 April 1937 – 2 May 1945
Preceded byFritz Sauckel
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Reichsstatthalter of the Free State of Brunswick
In office
20 April 1937 – 2 May 1945
Preceded byFritz Sauckel
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Minister-President of the Free State of Anhalt
In office
1 January 1940 – 2 May 1945
Preceded byAlfred Freyberg
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born21 June 1902
Großenlüder, Prussia, German Empire
Died27 October 1988 (aged 86)
Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Political partyNational Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)
ProfessionVolksschule Teacher

Rudolf Jordan (21 June 1902 – 27 October 1988) was the Gauleiter in Halle-Merseburg and Magdeburg-Anhalt in the time of the Third Reich. After the war, he was sentenced to 25 years in a Soviet Union labour camp. He was released from the camp in October 1955, and died in Munich in 1988.