Andreas Blunck
Max Andreas Blunck (20 December 1871 – 12 April 1933) was a German politician of the liberal German Democratic Party (DDP). He served as Minister of Justice in the government of Hermann Müller from March to June 1920.
Biography
[edit]Blunck was born on 20 December 1871 in Krempe in the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein.[1]
After attending the Gymnasium in Glückstadt, Blunck studied law and the Chinese language in Berlin. In 1894, he started working as a public servant in Hamburg. After being awarded a Dr.jur. in Jena in 1898, he began working as a lawyer in Hamburg. From 1904 to 1918, Blunck was a member of the Hamburg Bürgerschaft (the local parliament) for a rural area.[1][2]
In 1912, he was elected as the Reichstag delegate for the Tondern–Husum–Eiderstedt constituency for the Freisinnige Volkspartei.[1][2]
In the German Revolution, he was arrested by the local radical Workers' council on 8 December 1918.
He was a DDP member of the Weimar National Assembly in 1919 to 1920 and a DDP member of the Reichstag from 1920 to 1924.[1]
After the Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch of March 1920, Blunck became justice minister in the government of Hermann Müller (SPD). The government resigned in June 1920 after the Reichstag elections.[1]
He died in Aumühle on 12 April 1933.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Files of the Reichskanzlei: Andreas Blunck (German)". Bundesarchiv. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Files of the Reichskanzlei: Das Kabinett Müller I (German)". Bundesarchiv. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
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- 1871 births
- 1933 deaths
- People from Steinburg
- People from the Province of Schleswig-Holstein
- German Lutherans
- Progressive People's Party (Germany) politicians
- German Democratic Party politicians
- Justice ministers of Germany
- Members of the 13th Reichstag of the German Empire
- Members of the Weimar National Assembly
- Members of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic