Heinrich Wilhelm August Freiherr von Gagern19 May 1848
Appointed President of the Frankfurt Parliament
Germany · Government / Government of Germany. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Appointed President of the Frankfurt Parliament
Appointed President of the Prussian House of Representatives
Appointed President of the Social Democratic Party
Appointed President of the Province of Brandenburg
Appointed President of the Baden Diet
Appointed President of the Bavarian Constituent Assembly
Appointed President of the Allgemeine-Elektrizitats-Gesellschaft
Appointed President of the Reichstag
Appointed President of Germany, acting
Doenitz forms what becomes known as the Flensburg Government, which controlled only a tiny area of Germany near the Danish border, including the town of Flensburg
Appointed President of the Reich & Hitler's successor, on the day of Hitler's death
In Hitler's 1945 political testament he appoints Admiral Karl Doenitz to succeed him, but he names Doenitz as President, not Fuhrer, thereby re-establishing a constitutional office which had lain dormant since Hindenburgs death in 1934
Appointed President of Germany
Appointed President of Germany
Appointed President of Germany
Appointed President of Germany
Appointed President of Germany
Appointed President of Germany
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