Max Heldt

Max Heldt
Heldt in 1909
Minister-President of Saxony
In office
4 January 1924 – 26 June 1929
Preceded byAlfred Karl Fellisch
Succeeded byWilhelm Bünger
Personal details
BornMax Wilhelm August Held
(1872-11-04)4 November 1872
Potsdam, German Empire
Died27 December 1933(1933-12-27) (aged 61)
Dresden, Nazi Germany
PartySPD (until 1926)
ASPD (from 1926)

Max Wilhelm August Heldt (4 November 1872 – 27 December 1933) was a German politician who served as the Minister-President of Saxony from 1924 to 1929.

Biography

Heldt was born on 4 November 1872 in Potsdam, Prussia, German Empire (present-day Brandenburg, Germany). [1]

From 1908 to 1926 Heldt served as an MP in the Landtag of Saxony as a member for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and from 1926-1930 he served as an MP for the Old Social Democratic Party of Germany (ASPD). In 1918 he served a delegate to the 1st Congress of Workers' and Soldiers' Councils in Berlin. From 1919-1929 he was the Plenipotentiary of Saxony to the Weimar Republic. From 1920-1924 he served as Saxon Finance Minister. He served as the Minister-President of Saxony from 4 January 1924 to 26 June 1929. He rejoined the SPD in 1932.[1]

Heldt died on 27 December 1933 at the age of 61 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kurzbiographien der Personen in den "Akten der Reichskanzlei, Weimarer Republik"". apps.bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-12-27.