Alex Möller | |
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Office: | Federal Minister of Finance |
Term Start: | 11 October 1969 |
Term End: | 13 May 1971 |
Predecessor: | Franz Josef Strauß |
Successor: | Karl Schiller |
Birth Name: | Alexander Johann Heinrich Friedrich Möller |
Birth Date: | 26 April 1903 |
Birth Place: | Dortmund, Germany |
Death Place: | Karlsruhe, Germany |
Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) |
Alexander Johann Heinrich Friedrich Möller (26 April 1903 – 2 October 1985)[1] was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Möller was born in Dortmund. He was a member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from 1946 to 5 October 1961, when he was elected to the Bundestag. His successor was Walther Wäldele. Möller stayed in the Bundestag up to 1976.
From 1969 to 1971, Möller served as Federal Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of Willy Brandt.
Besides being active in the SPD, Möller was director general of and Chief Executive Officer of the Karlsruher Lebensversicherung AG. Hence, his nickname was Genosse Generaldirektor (roughly: Comrade director general), which he also used as a title of his memoirs (1978).
Möller is an honorary citizen of Karlsruhe, where he died.