Waldemar Kraft
Waldemar Kraft | |
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Kraft c. 1953 | |
| Managing Director of the Reich Association for Land Management in the Annexed Territories | |
| In office 1940–1945 | |
| Federal Minister for Special Affairs | |
| In office 1953–1956 | |
| Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Finance | |
| In office 1950–1953 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| In office 1953–1961 | |
| Member of the Schleswig-Holstein Parliament for Lauenburg-west | |
| In office 1950–1953 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 February 1898 |
| Died | 12 July 1977 (aged 79) |
| Party | National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE) Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
Waldemar Kraft (19 February 1898 – 12 July 1977) was a German politician. A member of the SS in Nazi Germany, he served as Managing Director of the Reich Association for Land Management in the Annexed Territories from 1940 to 1945, administering parts of occupied Poland.
After the war, he became a West German politician, representing right-wing All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein from 1950 to 1953, where he served as Minister of Finance. As well, he was the organization's chairman from 1951 to 1954. Kraft entered the Bundestag in 1953, and served as Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the Cabinet of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer from 1953 to 1956. In 1956, he became a member of the Christian Democratic Union, and retired from the Bundestag in 1961.