Albert Baumeister (1 June 1882 – 1953) was a German trade unionist and journalist.
[1] During World War I, Baumeister was the editor of Feldpost and Internationale Korrespondenz, which championed the position of the right-wing of the SPD.
In 1917 and 1918, he was the head of the SPD's Niederbarnim constituency organisation, and after the Armistice, he became the city's People's Commissioner.
During the German Revolution of 1918–1919, he was one of the organisers of the Reichstag regiment which fought for the SPD against the communist uprising.
He left the SPD, and became the editor of Der deutsche Arbeiter, the journal of a group around Nickisch and Winning.