Gustav Trunk

Gustav Trunk (24 July 1871 in Waldprechtsweier - 23 April 1936 in Karlsruhe) was a three-time President of Baden. He was a lawyer by occupation and was a member of the German Centre Party.

Gustav Trunk.

In 1897, Gustav Trunk married Emma Eppel in Baden-Baden. He studied law in Berlin and Heidelberg, graduating in 1900. Heavily influenced by his model, Franz Xavier Lenders, Trunk joined the Centre Party.

Early political career and first term (1920-21)

He served on the city council of Karlsruhe from 1911 until 1919. Upon the creation of the Republic of Baden, he was appointed Minister for Food, a position in which he served until 1919, when he became Minister for Justice. On 14 August 1920 the Centre party defeated the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the Baden elections and Trunk became State President, succeeding the centre-leftist Anton Geiss. By 1921, however, the left wing regained much of its popularity, and Trunk's party was defeated by the left-wing liberal German Democratic Party.

Political offices
Preceded by
Anton Geiss		 State President of Baden
1920–1921		 Succeeded by
Hermann Hummel
Preceded by
Willy Hellpach		 State President of Baden
1925–1926		 Succeeded by
Heinrich Köhler
Preceded by
Heinrich Köhler		 State President of Baden
1927		 Succeeded by
Adam Remmele


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