Walter Bartram

Walter Bartram (21 April 1893 – 29 September 1971) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.^[1]

Walter Bartram
Walter Bartram on an election poster 1952
Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein
In office 5 September 1950 – 25 June 1951
President	Theodor Heuss
Chancellor	Konrad Adenauer
Deputy	Waldemar Kraft
Preceded by	Bruno Diekmann
Succeeded by	Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke
Member of the Bundestag
In office 13 May 1952 – 6 October 1957
Personal details
Born	(1893-04-21)21 April 1893 Neumünster
Died	29 September 1971(1971-09-29) (aged 78) Latendorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	CDU

Life

On 5 September 1950 Walter Bartram was elected Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein in a coalition with the BHE, FDP and DP.

Bartram became a member of the CDU in 1946. He was district chairman of the CDU in Neumünster. On 4 May 1952 he succeeded Carl Schröter (CDU) in the German Bundestag. He was then a member of the German Bundestag until 1957, representing the constituency of Segeberg - Neumünster.

Literature

Herbst, Ludolf; Jahn, Bruno (2002). Vierhaus, Rudolf (ed.). Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages. 1949–2002 [Biographical Handbook of the Members of the German Bundestag. 1949–2002] (in German). München: De Gruyter - De Gruyter Saur. p. 1715. ISBN 978-3-11-184511-1.