Jakob Sprenger

Jakob Sprenger
Sprenger in 1942
Gauleiter of Hesse-Nassau South
In office 1 April 1927 – 1 January 1933
Preceded by	Karl Linder
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Gauleiter of Gau Hesse-Nassau
In office 1 January 1933 – 7 May 1945
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Reichsstatthalter of the People's State of Hesse
In office 5 May 1933 – 7 May 1945
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Minister-President of the People's State of Hesse
In office 1 March 1935 – 25 March 1945
Preceded by	Philipp Wilhelm Jung
Succeeded by	Heinrich Reiner (acting)
Oberpräsident of the Province of Nassau
In office 1 July 1944 – 24 April 1945
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Hans Bredow
Personal details
Born	27 July 1884 Oberhausen, Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany
Died	7 May 1945 (aged 60) Kössen, Nazi Germany
Political party	National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)
Other political affiliations	German Party National Socialist Freedom Party
Occupation	Postal official
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire
Branch/service	Imperial German Army
Years of service	1914–1919
Rank	Leutnant
Unit	18th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment 1st Royal Bavarian Landsturm Regiment
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Iron Cross, 2nd class

Jakob Sprenger (24 July 1884 – 7 May 1945) was a Nazi Party official and politician who was the Party's Gauleiter of Hesse-Nassau South from 1927 to 1933 and Gau Hesse-Nassau from 1933 to 1945. He was also the Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governor) and Minister-President of the People's State of Hesse, the Oberpräsident of the Prussian Province of Nassau and an SA-Obergruppenführer.