Hugo Preuß (Preuss) was a German lawyer and liberal politician. He was the author of the draft version of the constitution that was passed by the Weimar National Assembly and came into force in August 1919. He based it on three principles: all political authority belongs to the people; that the state should be organized on a federal basis; and that the Reich should form a democratic Rechtsstaat within the international community.
- Occupation
- politician, jurist, pedagogue, university teacher
- Position held
- member of Landtag of Prussia, Reichsminister des Innern
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Born
- October 28, 1860
