| Paul von Krause | |
| Office: | Member of the Prussian Parliament |
| Term Start: | 1889 |
| Term End: | 1917 |
| Term Start1: | 1921 |
| Term End1: | 1923 |
| Constituency1: | Königsberg-Fischhausen |
| Office2: | Vice President of the Prussian Parliament |
| Term Start2: | 1896 |
| Term End2: | 1917 |
| Office3: | Secretary of Justice |
| Chancellor3: | Georg Michaelis Georg von Hertling Max von Baden |
| Term Start3: | 7 August 1917 |
| Term End3: | 13 February 1919 |
| Predecessor3: | Hermann Lisco |
| Successor3: | Otto Landsberg |
| Office4: | Member of the Prussian Constitutional Assembly |
| Term Start4: | 1919 |
| Term End4: | 1921 |
| Birth Date: | 4 April 1852 |
| Birth Place: | Karbowo, West Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Death Place: | Berlin, Weimar Germany |
| Party: | National Liberal Deutsche Volkspartei |
| Alma Mater: | University of Leipzig University of Heidelberg Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Profession: | lawyer |
Paul George Christoph von Krause (4 April 1852 – 17 December 1923) was a German jurist and politician.
Paul von Krause was born Paul Krause in Karbowo (near Brodnica), West Prussia (modern Poland), he was ennobled ("von Krause") in 1913.[1] [2]
Krause studied law at the Universities of Leipzig, Heidelberg and Berlin and passed his doctorate in 1877 at the University of Göttingen. Since 1880 he worked as a lawyer, since 1887 also as a Notary, in Königsberg and Berlin.
From 1902 to 1909 Krause was a member of the board of the German bar association and Chairman of the Berlin bar association from 1905 to 1917. He was elected as a National Liberal member of the Prussian Parliament (Abgeordnetenhaus), representing the constituency of Königsberg-Fischhausen, in 1888 and became its Vice-President in 1896.[1] [2]
Krause was the Chairman of the German Association of inland navigation in 1904-1906 and became State Secretary of the Reichsjustizamt on 7 August 1917. He remained in this position throughout the German November Revolution and was replaced by Otto Landsberg on 13 February 1919.[1] [2]
Krause became a member of the Prussian Constitutional Assembly ("Preußische Landesversammlung") in 1919 and the Prussian Landtag in 1921, representing the Deutsche Volkspartei.[1] [2]
Krause died in Berlin, where a street ("Paul-Krause-Strasse") is named after him.[3]