Waldemar Kraft

Waldemar Kraft
Managing Director of the Reich Association for Land Management in the Annexed Territories  Nazi Germany
In office 1940–1945
Federal Minister for Special Affairs  Germany
In office 1953–1956
Minister of Finance Schleswig-Holstein
In office 1950–1953
Member of Parliament  Germany
In office 1953–1961
Member of Parliament Schleswig-Holstein
In office 1950–1953
Personal details
Born	19 February 1898 Brzustow, Province of Posen, German Empire
Died	12 July 1977 Bonn, West Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE) Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

Waldemar Kraft (19 February 1898 – 12 July 1977) was a German politician. A member of the SS in Nazi Germany, he served as Managing Director of the Reich Association for Land Management in the Annexed Territories from 1940 to 1945, administering parts of occupied Poland. After the war, he became a West German politician, sitting in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein from 1950 to 1953 and serving as Minister of Finance. He entered the Bundestag in 1953 and served as Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the Cabinet of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer from 1953 to 1956. He retired from the Bundestag in 1961.

Kraft initially represented the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights and served as its chairman from 1951 to 1954. In 1956, he became a member of the Christian Democratic Union.