Martin Segitz (26 July 1853 – 31 July 1927) was an acting Bavarian Minister-President and member of the SPD.

Biography

Martin Segitz was born in Fürth in 1853, in what was then the independent

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. After originally working in the

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industry, in 1890 he became an editor for the ''Fränkische Tagespost'' newspaper in

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. He engaged himself in the workers movement and became a member of the SPD. From 1897 to 1927, he was a member of the Bavarian parliament, the ''

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''. He also served as a member of the German Reichstag from 1898 to 1903 and again from 1912 to 1918. He was also a member of the council of the city of Fürth for 25 years. He formed a workers library in Nuremberg, which was then the biggest in Germany. Segitz also had a large part in the formation of the first metal worker union in Germany. After

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, he became a state commissioner for the demobilizing of the home coming troops of the Bavarian army. After the assassination of

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, Segitz became for a short time, from 1 March to 17 March 1919, the acting prime minister of

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. Due to the political turmoil at this stage, his government, and initially the following one under Johannes Hoffmann too, had little control and was not universally recognized in Bavaria. After these events, he served as the

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and Minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade under the Hoffmann government in 1919. He held the position of Minister for Social Welfare from 1919 to 1920. 716

References

Sources

Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg - Bosls bayrische Biographie - Martin Segitz
(in German) author: Karl Bosl, publisher: Pustet, page

External links

Search results for Martin Segitz (in German)

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Die bayerische SPD während der Weimarer Republik
(in German) The Bavarian SPD during the Weimar Republic - History
Picture of Martin Segitz, taken in 1919

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