| Helmuth von Maltzahn | |
| Office1: | Secretary of State of the Treasury |
| Term Start1: | 14 September 1888 |
| Term End1: | 12 August 1893 |
| Chancellor1: | Otto von Bismarck Leo von Caprivi |
| Predecessor1: | Karl Rudolf Jacobi |
| Successor1: | Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner |
| Office2: | Oberpräsident of Pomerania |
| Term Start2: | 1900 |
| Term End2: | 1911 |
| Predecessor2: | Robert von Puttkamer |
| Successor2: | Wilhelm von Waldow |
| Office3: | Member of the Reichstag |
| Term Start3: | 1871 |
| Term End3: | 1888 |
| Constituency3: | Stettin 1 |
| Birth Date: | 6 January 1840 |
| Birth Place: | Gültz, Province of Pomerania, Prussia |
| Death Place: | Gültz, Province of Pomerania, Prussia |
| Nationality: | German |
| Relations: | Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn (grandson) |
| Party: | Conservatives |
Helmuth Ludwig Wilhelm Freiherr von Maltzahn (6 January 1840 – 11 February 1923) was a German finance minister and a representative in the Reichstag.
Maltzahn was born in Gültz in the Prussian Province of Pomerania. After finishing school he studied law in Erlangen, Heidelberg, and Berlin.[1] He began his career as an assessor, but in 1867 he decided to dedicate himself to the administration of his own estate. In the years 1868 to 1872 he built Schloss Gültz, a manor house in the classical style.
Maltzahn participated in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) as a cavalry officer. In 1871 he became a member of the Reichstag for the constituency of Anklam-Demmin,[1] and was made chairman of the household committee. In 1875, he received the title Freiherr. From 1888 to 1893, he was Finance Minister of the German Empire. In 1900 he took over the task of Oberpräsident of Pomerania in Stettin (Szczecin) and held this office until 1911.
He received the following orders and decorations:[2]
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