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On 11 November 1928, Moldenhauer was appointed cabinet member and Minister of Trade and Industry ("") in Chancellor Hermann Müller’s government. Following a cabinet reshuffle he was subsequently appointed minister of finance "(Reichsminister der Finanzen)". Following Müller’s resignation as Chancellor, Moldenhauer stayed on as minister of finance also in the coalition government of Heinrich Brüning.