Eugen Schiffer

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Eugen Schiffer
Vice-Chancellor of Germany
In office 3 October 1919 – 27 March 1920
Chancellor	Gustav Bauer
Preceded by	Bernhard Dernburg
Succeeded by	Erich Koch-Weser
Deputy Minister President of Germany
In office 13 February 1919 – 19 April 1919
Minister President	Philipp Scheidemann
Preceded by	Matthias Erzberger
Succeeded by	Bernhard Dernburg
Minister of Justice
In office 10 May 1921 – 22 October 1921
Chancellor	Hermann Müller Constantin Fehrenbach Joseph Wirth
Preceded by	Rudolf Heinze
Succeeded by	Gustav Radbruch
In office 3 October 1919 – 26 March 1920
Chancellor	Gustav Bauer
Preceded by	Otto Landsberg
Succeeded by	Andreas Blunck
Minister of Finance
In office 13 February 1919 – 19 April 1919
Minister President	Philipp Scheidemann
Preceded by	Siegfried von Roedern
Succeeded by	Bernhard Dernburg
Member of the Reichstag (Weimar Republic)
In office 24 June 1920 – 5 January 1925
Constituency	Magdeburg
(German Empire)
In office 7 February 1912 – 9 November 1918
Constituency	Magdeburg 5
Member of the Weimar National Assembly
In office 6 February 1919 – 21 May 1920
Constituency	Magdeburg
Personal details
Born	(1860-02-14)14 February 1860 Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	5 September 1954(1954-09-05) (aged 94) West Berlin, West Germany
Political party	German Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Breslau
Occupation	Politician

Eugen Schiffer (14 February 1860 – 5 September 1954) was a German lawyer and liberal politician. He served as Minister of Finance and deputy head of government in the Weimar Republic from February to April 1919. From October 1919 to March 1920, he was again deputy head of government and Minister of Justice. In 1921, he once more became Minister of Justice. Schiffer was a founder-member of the liberal German Democratic Party (DDP) in 1918 and 1919 and co-founder in 1946 of its East German successor party, the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD).