Editing Gustav Bauer (section)

{{short description|Chancellor of Germany from 1919 to 1920}}
{{For|the American wrestler|Gustav Bauer (wrestler)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Gustav Bauer
| image               = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J0113-0500-001, Gustav Bauer(cropped).jpg
| caption             = Bauer in 1920
| order               = [[Chancellor of Germany]]<br/>{{small|([[Weimar Republic]])}}
| term_start          = 21 June 1919
| term_end            = 26 March 1920<br /><small>Minister President: 21 June 1919 – 14 August 1919</small>
| president           = [[Friedrich Ebert]]
| predecessor         = [[Philipp Scheidemann]]
| successor           = [[Hermann Müller (politician, born 1876)|Hermann Müller]]
| order2              = [[Vice-Chancellor of Germany#Weimar Republic (1918–1933)|Vice-Chancellor of Germany]]
| term_start2         = 10 May 1921
| term_end2           = 22 November 1922
| chancellor2         = [[Joseph Wirth]]
| predecessor2        = [[Rudolf Heinze]]
| successor2          = [[Robert Schmidt (German politician)|Robert Schmidt]]
| order3              = Minister of the Treasury
| term_start3         = 10 May 1921
| term_end3           = 22 November 1922
| chancellor3         = [[Joseph Wirth]]
| predecessor3        = Gustav Bauer
| successor3          = [[Heinrich Albert]]
| term_start4         = 31 January 1920
| term_end4           = 21 June 1920
| chancellor4         = Gustav Bauer<br/>[[Hermann Müller (politician, born 1876)|Hermann Müller]]
| predecessor4        = {{ill|Wilhelm Mayer (politician, born 1874)|de|Wilhelm Mayer (Politiker, 1874)|fr|Wilhelm Mayer|lt=Wilhelm Mayer}}
| successor4          = [[Hans von Raumer]]
| order6              = [[List of German labour ministers|Minister of Labour]]
| term_start6         = 4 October 1918
| term_end6           = 21 June 1919<br /><small>''Staatssekretär'': 4 October 1918 – 13 February 1919</small>
| chancellor6         = [[Prince Maximilian of Baden|Max von Baden]]<br />[[Friedrich Ebert]] (''de facto'')<br />[[Philipp Scheidemann]]
| predecessor6        = Office established
| successor6          = [[Alexander Schlicke]]
| order5              = [[List of German transportation ministers|Minister of Transport]]
| term_start5         = 2 May 1920
| term_end5           = 21 June 1920
| chancellor5         = [[Hermann Müller (politician, born 1876)|Hermann Müller]]
| predecessor5        = [[Johannes Bell]]
| successor5          = [[Wilhelm Groener]]
| office8             = Member of the [[Reichstag (Weimar Republic)|Reichstag]]
| term_start8         = 24 June 1920
| term_end8           = 13 June 1928
| constituency8       = [[Magdeburg (electoral district, 1919–1938)|Magdeburg]]
| office9             = Member of the [[Weimar National Assembly]]
| term_start9         = 6 February 1919
| term_end9           = 21 May 1920
| constituency9       = [[Breslau (electoral district)|Breslau]]
| birth_name          = Gustav Adolf Bauer
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1870|1|6|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Darkehmen]], [[Province of Prussia]], [[Kingdom of Prussia]], [[North German Confederation]]
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|1944|9|16|1870|1|6|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Berlin]], [[Nazi Germany]]
| spouse              = Hedwig Moch
| party               = [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
}}
'''Gustav Adolf Bauer''' ({{Audio|De-Gustav_Adolf_Bauer.ogg|listen}}; 6 January 1870 – 16 September 1944) was a German [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] leader and the [[Chancellor of Germany#Weimar Republic (1919–1933)|chancellor of Germany]] from June 1919 to March 1920. Prior to that, he was [[List of German labour ministers|minister of labour]] in the last cabinet of the [[German Empire]] and during most of the [[German Revolution of 1918–1919|German Revolution]] that preceded the formal establishment of the [[Weimar Republic]].

Bauer became minister president of the [[Weimar National Assembly]] in June 1919 after [[Philipp Scheidemann]] resigned in protest against the [[Treaty of Versailles]]. Following the adoption of the [[Weimar Constitution]] in August 1919, Bauer's title formally changed to "chancellor". During his term of office, a crucial tax restructuring was enacted, as were a series of important social reforms that affected unemployment relief, maternity benefits and health and old age insurance. 

After his cabinet fell in March 1920 as a result of its response to the [[Kapp Putsch]], Bauer served as vice-chancellor, minister of the treasury, and minister of transportation in other cabinets from May 1920 to November 1922. In 1925 he was forced to resign his seat in the [[Reichstag (Weimar Republic)|Reichstag]] due to his involvement in the fraud and bribery of the [[Barmat scandal]]. He was allowed to resume his seat in 1926. He kept it until 1928 when he retired from public life.