Gustav Alfred Julius Meyer (5 October 1891 – 11 April 1945) was a Nazi Party official and politician. He joined the Nazi Party in 1928 and was the Gauleiter of North Westphalia from 1931 to 1945, the Oberpräsident of the Province of Westphalia from 1938 to 1945 and the Reichsstatthalter of Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe from 1933 to 1945. By the time of his death at the end of World War II in Europe, he was a State Secretary and Deputy Reichsminister in the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories (Reichministerium für die Besetzten Ostgebiete or Ostministerium). He represented the ministry with Georg Leibbrandt in the Wannsee Conference. Meyer committed suicide in April 1945. Early life Meyer was born in Göttingen, the son of a Prussian civil servant who was stationed in Göttingen due to his official duties. The middle-class family was originally from Essen. He was educated at the Gymnasium in Soest, graduating in 1911. In 1912 he became a Fahnenjunker (cadet offic
Gustav Alfred Julius Meyer (5 de octubre de 1891 – 11 de abril de 1945) fue un oficial y político del Partido Nazi. Se unió al Partido Nazi en 1928 y fue el Gauleiter de North Westphalia de 1931 a 1945, el Oberpräsident de la Provincia de Westphalia de 1938 a 1945 y el Reichsstatthalter de Lippe y Schaumburg-Lippe de 1933 a 1945. Al momento de su muerte al final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en Europa, fue secretario de Estado y ministro adjunto del Reich en el Ministerio del Reich para los Territorios Orientales Ocupados (Reichministerium für die Besetzten Ostgebiete o Ostministerium). Representó el ministerio con Georg Leibbrandt en la Conferencia de Wannsee. Meyer se suicidó en abril de 1945.