Otto Meissner

Otto Meissner
Official Portrait
Leader of the Presidential Bureau, later Chief of the Presidential Chancellery
In office 1 April 1920 – 8 May 1945
Preceded by	Rudolf Nadolny
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Staatssekretär
In office November 1923 – 1 December 1937
Staatsminister
In office 1 December 1937 – 30 April 1945
Personal details
Born	(1880-03-13)13 March 1880 Bischwiller, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire
Died	27 May 1953(1953-05-27) (aged 73) Munich, West Germany
Occupation	Lawyer Civil servant
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire
Branch/service	Imperial German Army
Unit	136th Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Iron Cross

Otto Lebrecht Eduard Daniel Meissner (13 March 1880 – 27 May 1953) was head of the Office of the President of Germany from 1920 to 1945 during nearly the entire period of the Weimar Republic under Friedrich Ebert and Paul von Hindenburg and, finally, under the Nazi government under Adolf Hitler.