Friedrich Middelhauve
German publisher and politician (1896–1966)
Friedrich Middelhauve was a German publisher and a politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). From 1947 until 1956, he served as FDP state chairman for North Rhine-Westphalia and, between 1952 and 1956, he was the party's deputy federal chairman. From July 1954 until February 1956, he was Deputy Minister-president and Minister of Economics and Transport in North Rhine-Westphalia. He also served as a member of the state and federal legislatures. On the right wing of the party, he tried unsuccessfully to steer the FDP into a united bloc with smaller conservative parties in an effort dubbed the "National Collective".
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