Edel Mühlhausen

Edel Mühlhausen (1856 - 1942) was a prominent German politician and Minister of Education for the Deutsche Zentrumpartei. He was the grandson of Stefan Mühlhausen.

Biography:
Edel Mühlhausen is the grandson of the late Stefan Mühlhausen. Although his father was not interested in joining politics, Edel’s extended apprenticeship with his grandfather fostered a deep interest in politics. Due to this, Edel holds many of the same beliefs and positions as his grandfather, especially his moderate stance regarding party affiliation. With the rest of his family, Edel continues the successful family business started by his grandfather, specifically living and working in north-east Rhineland. Edel, in honor of his father who worked hard to give him a food education, opened a series of non-profit schools throughout the country for gifted students along with the blind and deaf. With a wide influence over Germany, Edel shares the popular support of merchants and farmers alike due to his no-nonsense, populist policies. Just as grounded and worldly as his grandfather, Edel looks to see the Mühlhausen name back in the halls of the Reichstag while fighting for a economically prosperous and stable German Empire. For this reason, he joined the Deutsche Zentrumpartei in 1895. He quickly rose through the party ranks and became Minister of Education in the 1905-1910 government coalition. Edel died in 1942.