Walter Steinmeier (Merveilles des Morte)

Walter Steinmeier
President of Thuringia
Reign	4 March 1521 - 4 March 1523
Predecessor	Benedikt Nietzche
Successor	Ottmar von Hanstein
Born	5 October 1480 Naumburg, Thuringia, Holy Roman Empire
Died	9 January 1539 Gera, Thuringia, Rätian Union
Religion	Jungism

Walter Steinmeier (5 October 1480 – 9 January 1539) was a political theorist, statesman, and founding father of the Jungist Räterepublic of Thuringia, serving as its second elected president from 1521 to 1523. As a representative in the Thuringian government, Steinmeier became an influential writer and thinker. His political treatise Societas Cooperativa served as an important work in developing the early structure of the Thuringian government, and later the Rätian Union, with the cooperative style of business being attributed to him.