Alex Möller

Alexander Johann Heinrich Friedrich Möller (26 April 1903 – 2 October 1985) was a German politician of the

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(SPD). Möller was born in Dortmund. He was a member of the

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Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

from 1946 to 5 October 1961, when he was elected to the

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. 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

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. Besides being active in the SPD, Möller was director general of and

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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 Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

, where he died. {{DEFAULTSORT:Möller, Alex 1903 births 1985 deaths Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Politicians from Dortmund People from the Province of Westphalia Finance ministers of Germany Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg Members of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany