Hans Müller (25 June 1884 in

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– 19 April 1961 in

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) was a German

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, an administrator and

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, a member of the

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and of the Nazi Party. He was also a member of the CSU. Müller studied law and economy in

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

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and Munich, and was promoted in 1910 to Dr. jur. et rer. pol. Müller served since 1911 at the Fiscal Courts in

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and

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, was President of the in

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from 1927 to 1933 and judge at the ' from 1933 to 1945. After the

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, Müller joined the CSU, serving from 1946 to 1950 in the Landesvorstand and in the Ministry of Agriculture of Bavaria. From 22 October 1945 to 18 December 1950 he served as Staatsrat and state secretary in the Bavarian State Ministry of Finances under Minister-Presidents Wilhelm Hoegner and Hans Ehard. After that, he continued his pre-war career, serving from 1 May 1951 to 31 December 1954 as President of the Federal Fiscal Court.

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1884 births 1961 deaths Christian Social Union in Bavaria politicians University of Bonn alumni University of Freiburg alumni Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-CSU-politician-stub