Robert Schmidt

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Robert Schmidt.

Robert Schmidt.

Robert Schmidt (15 May 1864 - 16 September 1943) was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Schmidt, born in Berlin, learned the profession of piano manufacturer. From 1893 to 1902 he was editor for the social-democratic newspaper Vorwärts.

From 1893 to 1898 and from 1903 to 1918, he was a member of the Reichstag (parliament) of the German Empire. After the German revolution, he became a member of the National Assembly of the Weimar Republic. He remained a member of the Reichstag until 1930.

During the time of the republic, he acted as Minister for Alimentation under Philipp Scheidemann, as Minister for Economic Affairs under Gustav Bauer, and as Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Reconstruction under the first cabinet of Gustav Stresemann.

v t e The First Müller Cabinet – 27 March 1920 to 21 June 1920 Hermann Müller (Chancellor, SPD) | Erich Koch-Weser (DDP) | Adolf Köster (SPD) | Andreas Blunck (DDP) | Joseph Wirth (Z) | Robert Schmidt (SPD) | Andreas Hermes (Z) | Alexander Schlicke (SPD) | Otto Gessler (DDP) | Johannes Bell (Z) | Gustav Bauer (SPD) | Johannes Giesberts (Z) | Eduard David (SPD)

v t e The Second Müller Cabinet Hermann Müller (Chancellor, SPD) Gustav Stresemann (DVP) Julius Curtius (DVP) Carl Severing (SPD) Erich Koch-Weser (DDP) Theodor von Guérard (Z) Rudolf Hilferding (SPD) Paul Moldenhauer (DVP) Robert Schmidt (SPD) Hermann Dietrich (DDP) Rudolf Wissell (SPD) Wilhelm Groener (independent) Georg Schätzel (BVP) Adam Stegerwald (Z) Joseph Wirth (Z)

v t e Economy Ministers of Germany Imperial Economy Secretaries (1871–1918) Rudolf Schwander Hans Karl Freiherr von Stein zu Nord- und Ostheim August Müller Weimar Republic (1918–1933) Rudolf Wissell Robert Schmidt Ernst Scholz Robert Schmidt Johann Becker Hans von Raumer Joseph Koeth Eduard Hamm Albert Neuhaus Rudolf Krohne Julius Curtius Paul Moldenhauer Robert Schmidt Hermann Dietrich Ernst Trendelenburg Hermann Warmbold Ernst Trendelenburg Hermann Warmbold Nazi Germany (1933–1945) Alfred Hugenberg Kurt Schmitt Hjalmar Schacht Hermann Göring Walther Funk German Democratic Republic (1949–1990) Christa Luft Gerhard Pohl Federal Republic of Germany (1949–) Ludwig Erhard Kurt Schmücker Karl Schiller Helmut Schmidt Hans Friderichs Otto Graf Lambsdorff Manfred Lahnstein Otto Graf Lambsdorff Martin Bangemann Helmut Haussmann Jürgen Möllemann Günter Rexrodt Werner Müller Wolfgang Clement Michael Glos Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Rainer Brüderle Philipp Rösler