Max Wilhelm August Heldt (4 November 1872 – 27 December 1933) was a German politician who served as the

Minister-President of Saxony This article lists the Leaders of the Government (german: Vorsitzende des Gesamtministeriums) in the Kingdom of Saxony from 1831 to 1918 and Minister-presidents (german: Ministerpräsidenten) of the Free State of Saxony since 1918. List of Minist ...

from 1924 to 1929.

Life

Heldt was born on 4 November 1872 in

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...

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(present-day

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...

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). He served as the Minister-President of

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

from 4 January 1924 to 26 June 1929. Heldt died on 27 December 1933 at the age of 61 in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

and was buried in the Heidefriedhof in Dresden.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heldt, Max 1872 births 1933 deaths Ministers-President of Saxony People from Potsdam Old Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians