Waldemar Kraft | |
|---|---|
Managing Director of the Reich Association for Land Management in the Annexed Territories Nazi Germany | |
| In office 1940–1945 | |
Federal Minister for Special Affairs Germany | |
| In office 1953–1956 | |
Minister of Finance Schleswig-Holstein | |
| In office 1950–1953 | |
| Member of Parliament Germany | |
| In office 1953–1961 | |
| Member of Parliament Schleswig-Holstein | |
| In office 1950–1953 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 February 1898 Brzustow, Province of Posen, German Empire |
| Died | 12 July 1977 Bonn, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE) Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
Waldemar Kraft (19 February 1898 – 12 July 1977) was a German politician. A member of the SS in Nazi Germany, he served as Managing Director of the Reich Association for Land Management in the Annexed Territories from 1940 to 1945, administering parts of occupied Poland. After the war, he became a West German politician, sitting in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein from 1950 to 1953 and serving as Minister of Finance. He entered the Bundestag in 1953 and served as Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the Cabinet of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer from 1953 to 1956. He retired from the Bundestag in 1961.
Kraft initially represented the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights and served as its chairman from 1951 to 1954. In 1956, he became a member of the Christian Democratic Union.