Heinrich Troeger
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Heinrich Troeger (4 March 1901, in Zeitz – 28 August 1975, in Bad Nauheim) was a German jurist and politician (SPD).
Life and career
Troeger was born the son of a medical officer of health (Kreismedizinalrat). After obtaining his Abitur, he studied law and political science at
A member of the
After World War II, Troeger briefly served as mayor of Jena (1945–1946). Shortly afterwards he moved to West Germany and settled in Hesse. In 1947 he was appointed Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Finance of Hesse, and served from 1947 until 1949 as Secretary-General of the Council of the Bizone. In 1950-51 he served as Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Finance for North Rhine-Westphalia under deputy minister Heinrich Weitz and was also a member of various supervisory boards.
From 10 January 1951 until 26 September 1956, Troeger served as Minister of Finance for the state of Hesse under premier Georg August Zinn. He was elected to the Hesse parliament in 1954 and retained his position until his resignation on 3 February 1958.
In 1956–57 Troeger was president of the Hesse Central Bank and in 1958–1969 was Vice President of the Deutsche Bundesbank. During this time, he initiated an eponymous commission on the Reform of the Financial Condition.
Honours
- 1966 – Grand Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
References
- ^ "OBERBÜRGERMEISTER IN JENA 1945/46" (PDF). ifz-muenchen.de.
External links
- "Hessian Biography : Extended Search : LAGIS Hessen". www.lagis-hessen.de. Retrieved 2023-11-02.