Martin Schiele

Martin Schiele
Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture
In office 31 March 1930 – 1 June 1932
Chancellor	Heinrich Brüning
Preceded by	Hermann Dietrich
Succeeded by	Magnus von Braun
In office 1 February 1927 – 28 June 1928
Chancellor	Wilhelm Marx
Preceded by	Heinrich Haslinde
Succeeded by	Hermann Dietrich
Member of the Reichstag
In office 24 June 1920 – 18 July 1930
Constituency	Magdeburg
Member of the Weimar National Assembly
In office 6 February 1919 – 21 May 1920
Constituency	Magdeburg

Martin Schiele (17 January 1870 – 16 February 1939) was a German nationalist politician. He was part of the leadership of the German National People's Party (DNVP) from its 1918 founding until Alfred Hugenberg became leader in 1928. He was also the chief representative of the agrarian wing of the DNVP.^[1] As a member of Hans Luther's coalition government, Schiele secured the restoration of agricultural and industrial protectionism with the tariff of 1925.^[2] As minister of food in 1927–28, he favored state credit as a means for subsidising agriculture.^[3]

He was persuaded by President Hindenburg to return as minister of food in Heinrich Brüning's cabinet.^[4] The Agricultural League under Schiele's leadership was criticised by Richard Walther Darré's Nazi agrarian apparatus. Schiele ceased to be leader of the Agricultural League shortly after the 1930 election.^[5] Unhappy with Hugenberg's leadership, Schiele left the DNVP and moved closer to the Conservative People's Party.^[6]

• Newspaper clippings about Martin Schiele in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW