Adam Stegerwald

Adam Stegerwald
Stegerwald in 1931
Reich Minister of Labour
In office
30 March 1930  30 May 1932
ChancellorHeinrich Brüning
Preceded byRudolf Wissell
Succeeded byHermann Warmbold
Reich Minister of Transport
In office
13 April 1929  27 March 1930
ChancellorHermann Müller
Preceded byGeorg Schätzel
Succeeded byTheodor von Guérard
Minister President of Prussia
In office
21 April 1921  5 November 1921
Preceded byOtto Braun
Succeeded byOtto Braun
Member of the Reichstag
In office
1920–1933
ConstituencyWestfalen-Nord
Member of the Weimar National Assembly
In office
6 February 1919  21 May 1920
ConstituencyKöln-Aachen
Personal details
Born
Adam Stegerwald

(1874-12-14)14 December 1874
Greußenheim, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died3 December 1945(1945-12-03) (aged 70)
Würzburg, Bavaria, Allied-occupied Germany
Political partyCentre
EducationLudwig Maximilian University of Munich
OccupationPolitician

Adam Stegerwald (14 December 1874 – 3 December 1945) was a German politician and union leader who served as chairman of the German Trade Union Federation (DGB), the Catholic trade union association, during the Weimar Republic. He was also a prominent member of the Catholic Centre Party and served briefly as Minister-President of Prussia in 1921. After the Second World War, he was a co-founder of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria.