Johann Friedrich Seger (25 February 1867 – 29 April 1928) was a

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politician and trade unionist. Born in , Seger became a tailor, and joined both the

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(SPD) and a forerunner of the German Clothing Workers' Union in 1887. He held various posts in his union in the 1890s, and from 1893 was a leader of the SPD in

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. In 1901, he became an editor on the ''Leipzig Volkszeitung''. In 1905, Seger was elected to the SPD's district leadership, and in 1911 to the Leipzig city council. In 1915, he was elected to the Saxon Diet, serving until 1918. He opposed

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, and joined the

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(USPD), under which label he was elected to the

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, and then the Reichstag. He rejoined the SPD with the majority of the USPD, and continued to lead the party in Leipzig, alongside

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, until his death in 1928.

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