Rudolf Krohne

Rudolf Krohne in 1925

Rudolf Krohne (1876–1953) was a German jurist and politician who was a member of the German People's Party and served as transport minister between 1925 and 1927.

Biography

Krohne was born on 6 September 1876 in Rendsburg.[1] In 1898 he received a PhD in law and began to work in the judicial system of Prussia.[1] From 1917 he worked at the Prussian ministry for public works.[1] He was a member of the German People's Party.[2] He was transport minister between 30 November 1923 and 3 June 1924 in the cabinet led by Wilhelm Marx.[3] On 26 October 1925 Krohne was named as economics minister to the first cabinet of Hans Luther, replacing Albert Neuhaus in the post.[3] Krohne served in the post until December 1925.[1] The same year he was also appointed transport minister which he held until 1927 when he resigned from the post.[2] He served in the first and second cabinet of Hans Luther and in the third cabinet of Wilhelm Marx.[4]

He died on 17 June 1953 in Berlin.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Krohne, Rudolf" (in German). German Federal Archives. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Alfred C. Mierzejewski (November 1992). "The Dorpmüller Controversy of 1926: Cabinet Politics, Reparations, and Railways in the Weimar Republic". The International History Review. 14 (4): 704–705,711. doi:10.1080/07075332.1992.9640630. JSTOR 40107115.
  3. ^ a b Tim Kirk (2014). The Longman Companion to Nazi Germany. London; New York: Routledge. pp. 30–32. ISBN 978-1-317-89870-2.
  4. ^ Alexander Clifford (2021). Hindenburg, Ludendorff and Hitler: Germany's Generals and the Rise of the Nazis. Philadelphia, PA: Pen and Sword. pp. 246–247. ISBN 978-1-5267-8336-3.