Georg August Zinn

This article is about the German lawyer and politician from Hesse. For the American jeweler and politician from Wisconsin, see August Zinn.

memorial, Paulskirche, Frankfurt

Georg August Zinn (27 May 1901 – 27 March 1976) was a German lawyer and a politician of the SPD. He was a member of the Bundestag from 1949-1951, the 2nd Minister-President of Hesse from 1950 to 1969 and served as the 5th and 16th President of the Bundesrat in 1953/54 and 1964/65. Zinn was two times married. His second wife was Dr. Christa Zinn (1927-2002). Three sons are still living, Karl Georg Zinn, Dr. Georg-Christian Zinn and Dr. Philip-André Zinn.

He was born and died in Frankfurt am Main.

External links

Georg August Zinn in the German National Library catalogue

Presidents of the Bundesrat (Federal Council)

Karl Arnold Hans Ehard Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf Reinhold Maier Georg August Zinn Peter Altmeier Kai-Uwe von Hassel Kurt Sieveking Willy Brandt Wilhelm Kaisen Franz-Josef Röder Franz Meyers Kurt Georg Kiesinger Georg Diederichs Helmut Lemke Klaus Schütz Herbert Weichmann Franz-Josef Röder Hans Koschnick Heinz Kühn Alfons Goppel Hans Filbinger Alfred Kubel Albert Osswald Bernhard Vogel Gerhard Stoltenberg Dietrich Stobbe Hans-Ulrich Klose Werner Zeyer Johannes Rau Franz Josef Strauss Lothar Späth Ernst Albrecht Holger Börner Walter Wallmann Björn Engholm Walter Momper Henning Voscherau Alfred Gomolka Berndt Seite Oskar Lafontaine Klaus Wedemeier Edmund Stoiber Erwin Teufel Gerhard Schröder Hans Eichel Roland Koch Kurt Biedenkopf Kurt Beck Klaus Wowereit Wolfgang Böhmer Dieter Althaus Matthias Platzeck Peter Harry Carstensen Harald Ringstorff Ole von Beust Peter Müller Jens Böhrnsen

Ministers-President of Hesse

People's State of Hesse (est. 1918)	Carl Ulrich Bernhard Adelung

Nazi period (1933–45)	Ferdinand Werner Philipp Wilhelm Jung Jakob Sprenger

Greater Hesse (1945–46)	Ludwig Bergsträsser Karl Geiler

Modern Hesse (since 1946)	Christian Stock Georg August Zinn Albert Osswald Holger Börner Walter Wallmann Hans Eichel Roland Koch Volker Bouffier

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 45108774 LCCN: no90018903 ISNI: 0000 0000 3848 8962 GND: 119311151

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