Andreas Hermes was a German agricultural scientist and politician. In the Weimar Republic, he was a member of several governments, serving as minister of food/nutrition and minister of finance for the Catholic Zentrum. During the rule of the Nazi Party, Hermes was part of the right-wing resistance, for which he was imprisoned and sentenced to death, but never executed thanks to the intervention of his wife.
- Occupation
- politician, resistance fighter, political economist, farmer
- Position held
- member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic, member of Landtag of Prussia, agriculture minister, Reich Minister of Finance
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Born
- July 18, 1878, July 16, 1878
