Erich Köhler

Erich Köhler
Erich Köhler
	Köhler in 1949
President of the Bundestag
	In office; 7 September 1949 – 18 October 1950
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Hermann Ehlers
Member of the Bundestag; from Hesse;
	In office; 7 September 1949 – 16 October 1957
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Berthold Martin
Constituency	State list (1949–1953); Obertaunuskreis (1953–1957)
Member of the Landtag of Hesse
	In office; 26 February 1946 – 1 June 1947
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Richard Graf Matuschka-Greiffenclau
Constituency	State list (1946); Wahlkreis XIII (1946–1947)
Personal details
Born	27 June 1892; Erfurt, Germany
Died	23 October 1958 (aged 66); Wiesbaden, West Germany
Party	Christian Democratic Union
Other political; affiliations	DVP (before 1933)
Education	Marburg University; HU Berlin; Leipzig University; Kiel University

Erich Köhler (27 June 1892 – 23 October 1958) was a German politician. He was the first president of the Bundestag from 7 September 1949 to 18 October 1950.

Köhler co-founded the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in 1945. He was elected as a member of the first German Bundestag for Hesse in 1949.^[1]^[2]^{[circular reference]}