Johannes Bell

Johannes Bell
Johannes Bell in 1908
Reich Minister of Justice
In office 17 July 1926 – 29 January 1927
Chancellor	Wilhelm Marx
Preceded by	Wilhelm Marx (acting)
Succeeded by	Oskar Hergt
Reich Minister for the Occupied Territories
Acting 17 July 1926 – 29 January 1927
Chancellor	Wilhelm Marx
Preceded by	Wilhelm Marx (acting)
Succeeded by	Wilhelm Marx (acting)
Reich Minister of Transport
In office 5 November 1919 – 1 May 1920
Chancellor	Gustav Bauer Hermann Müller
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Gustav Bauer
Reich Minister for the Colonies
In office 21 June 1919 – 7 November 1919
Chancellor	Philipp Scheidemann Gustav Bauer
Preceded by	Philipp Scheidemann
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	(1868-09-23)23 September 1868 Essen, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	21 October 1949(1949-10-21) (aged 81) Beverungen, West Germany
Political party	Centre Party
Profession	Jurist

Johannes Bell (23 September 1868 – 21 October 1949) was a German jurist and politician from the Centre Party. During the Weimar Republic era, he briefly served as Minister of Colonial Affairs, Minister of Transport (1919/20), and as Minister of Justice (1926/27). He was one of the two German representatives who signed the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919.