Ferdinand Werner

Professor Ferdinand Werner
Werner at the German Hiking Day in Stuttgart on 21 August 1938
Minister-President People's State of Hesse
In office 15 May 1933 – 20 September 1933
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Philipp Wilhelm Jung
State President People's State of Hesse
In office 13 March 1933 – 15 May 1933
Preceded by	Bernhard Adelung
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Landtag President People's State of Hesse
In office 8 December 1931 – 13 March 1933
Additional positions
1921–1933	Hesse Landtag Deputy
1911–1917 1924–1928	Imperial Reichstag Deputy Republican Reichstag Deputy
Personal details
Born	27 October 1876 Gladenbach, Province of Hesse-Nassau, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	5 March 1961 (aged 84) Gießen, Hesse, West Germany
Political party	Nazi Party
Other political affiliations	German Social Party Deutschvölkische Partei [de] German National People's Party
Alma mater	University of Gießen
Profession	Schoolteacher
Awards	Golden Party Badge

Ferdinand Friedrich Karl Werner (27 October 1876 – 5 March 1961) was a German schoolteacher and long-serving politician who held offices during the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. Throughout his career, he belonged to several far-right and antisemitic parties. He was a deputy in the Imperial Reichstag from 1911 to 1917, and again in the Republican Reichstag from 1924 to 1928. From 1921 to 1933, he served as a deputy of the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse. In the first year of Nazi Germany he was the first Nazi Party State President and, later, Minister-president of Hesse but was dismissed in a power struggle with Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governor) Jakob Sprenger. He then worked for the Association of German Mountain and Hiking Clubs and as a Hessian state historian.