Germany · Government / Weimar Republic. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Appoints a Government that for the first time included representatives of the Social Democrats, Friedrich Ebert and Philipp Scheidemann. Appointed Chancellor of Germany in October 1918 in order to negotiate an armistice with the allies in the last days of the war
Scheidemann becomes Chancellor, in the Weimar Coalition with the German Democratic Party and the Catholic Center Party. Appointed Chancellor of Germany
Appointed Chancellor of Germany
Appointed Chancellor of Germany
Appointed Chancellor of Germany, 2nd term, Joseph Wirth (Center) forms 2nd cabinet
Appointed Chancellor of Germany, 1st term
Appointed Chancellor of Germany, 2nd term
Appointed Chancellor in the "Great Coalition"
Dr Gustav Stresemann (Peoples) forms 2nd cabinet
Appointed Chancellor of Germany, 1st term
Dr Wilhelm Marx (Center) forms 2nd cabinet
Dr Hans Luther (No party affiliation) forms 2nd cabinet
Marx cabinet of the Center, BVP, DDP, DVP, 2 term
Appointed Chancellor of Germany, 3rd term
Appointed Chancellor
Chancellors Bruning, Papen, Schleicher and Hitler are all Presidentially appointed dictatorships
Heinrich Bruning is appointed the successor of Chancellor Muller by Paul von Hindenburg after months of political lobbying by General Kurt von Schleicher on behalf of the military
Appointed Chancellor, owes position to the army & General Kurt von Schleicher
Heads a coalition of democratic parties. Appointed last Social Democratic Chancellor before the War
Appointed Chancellor of Germany
Appointed Chancellor of Germany
Schleicher hopes to attain a majority in the Reichstag by forming a so-called Querfront, meaning "cross-front," whereby he would unify Germany's fractious special interests around a non-parliamentary, authoritarian but participatory regime. Appointed Chancellor of Germany
Von Papen is closely associated with the industrialist and land-owning classes and pursued an extreme Conservative policy along Hindenburgs lines. Uses Schleichers list which includes 5 members of the nobility. Hindenburg tells Papen to form a Government "above parties". Appointed Chancellor of Germany
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