Fritz Baade
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Fritz Baade

German politician and economist

Fritz Baade (23 January 1893 – 15 May 1974) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and member of the German Bundestag. During the Weimar Republic he was the SPD's expert on agriculture.2

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Born Jan 23, 1893, died May 15, 1974.1

About

During the Great Depression he helped promote the WTB plan, a proposed public works program.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of Göttingen3

Career

Occupation: political economist, politician, university teacher, economist.7

  • 1961 to 1965Member of the German Bundestag6
  • 1957 to 1961Member of the German Bundestag6
  • 1953 to 1957Member of the German Bundestag6
  • 1949 to 1953Member of the German Bundestag6
  • 1948 to 1961Board member, Kiel Institute for the World Economy5
  • Date not recordedWorked at Kiel University4
  • Date not recordedMember of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic6

Baade was initially a member of the USPD and, when the party split, joined the moderate wing, which merged with the SPD in 1922. From 1918 to 1919 he was chairman of the Workers' and Soldiers' Council and a city councilor in Essen. From 1930 to 1933 he was a member of the Reichstag as a representative for the Magdeburg constituency.

World War II

Deprived of his posts and mandate by the Nazis, he emigrated to Turkey in 1935, where he worked as a university lecturer and advisor to the government.

Post-war era

In April 1948, he received a call to Kiel and headed the Kiel Institute until his retirement in March 1961.

From August 10 to 23, 1948, Baade took part in the Constitutional Convention on Herrenchiemsee as the representative of the state of Schleswig-Holstein. From 1949 to 1965 he was a member of the German Bundestag, where from 1949 to 1953 he was deputy chairman of the Committee on ERP Questions and from 1953 to 1957 he was deputy chairman of the Subcommittee on Cartel Law of the Committee on Food, Agriculture and Forestry. He was initially elected to the Bundestag via the Schleswig-Holstein state list, but in 1961 he was a directly elected representative for the Kiel constituency.

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Personal life

  • BornJan 23, 1893, Neuruppin8
  • DiedMay 15, 1974, Kiel9
  • CitizenshipGermany10

Awards

  • 1970Culture and Science Award of the City of Kiel11