Wilhelm Hoegner and the first post-war cabinet in Bavaria, 1945
The Hoegner Cabinet, the second Bavarian post-war Cabinet. Prime Minister and Minister of Justice William Hoegner sits at the table. Standing from left to right: Ludwig Ficker (State Secretary at the Interior Ministry), Albert Rosshaupter (Minister of Labour, SPD), Anton Pfeiffer (Secretary of State, Head of the State, CSU), Johann Ehard (State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice, CSU), Ludwig Erhard (Minister of Economic Affairs, Democratic Party), Josef Seifried (Minister of the Interior, SPD), Franz Fendt (Minister of Education, SPD), Fritz Terhalle (Minister of Finance, independent), Heinrich Krehle (State Secretary at the Ministry of Labour, CSU), Josef Baumgartner (Food and Agriculture, CSU), Heinrich Schmitt (KPD), Hans Mueller (Secretary of the Treasury, independent).
