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Joseph Wirth
Chancellor of Germany (Weimar Republic)
In office 10 May 1921 – 22 November 1922
President
Friedrich Ebert
Deputy
Gustav Bauer
Preceded by
Constantin Fehrenbach
Succeeded by
Wilhelm Cuno
Foreign Minister of Germany
Acting 26 October 1921 – 31 January 1922
Chancellor
Joseph Wirth
Preceded by
Friedrich Rosen
Succeeded by
Walther Rathenau
Acting 24 June 1922 – 22 November 1922
President
Friedrich Ebert
Chancellor
Joseph Wirth
Preceded by
Walther Rathenau
Succeeded by
Hans von Rosenberg
Reich Minister of Finance
In office 27 March 1920 – 22 October 1921
Chancellor
Hermann Müller Constantin Fehrenbach Joseph Wirth
Preceded by
Matthias Erzberger
Succeeded by
Andreas Hermes
Reich Minister of the Interior
In office 30 March 1930 – 7 October 1931
Chancellor
Heinrich Brüning
Preceded by
Carl Severing
Succeeded by
Wilhelm Groener
Reich Minister for the Occupied Territories
In office 13 April 1929 – 27 March 1930
Chancellor
Hermann Müller
Preceded by
Carl Severing
Succeeded by
Gottfried Treviranus
Member of the Reichstag (Weimar Republic)
In office 1920–1933
Constituency
National list (1932-1933) Liegnitz (1930-1932) National list (1928-1930) Baden (1920-1928)
(German Empire)
In office 1914–1918
Constituency
Baden 7
Member of the Weimar National Assembly
In office 6 February 1919 – 21 May 1920
Constituency
Baden
Personal details
Born
Karl Joseph Wirth
(1879-09-06)6 September 1879 Freiburg im Breisgau, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire
Died
3 January 1956(1956-01-03) (aged 76) Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Political party
Zentrum Christian Democratic Union of Germany Alliance of Germans
Karl Joseph Wirth (6 September 1879 – 3 January 1956) was a German politician of the Catholic Centre Party who served for one year and six months as the chancellor of Germany from 1921 to 1922, as the finance minister from 1920 to 1921, as acting foreign minister of Germany from 1921 to 1922 and again in 1922, as the minister for the Occupied Territories from 1929 to 1930 and as the minister of the Interior from 1930 to 1931. During the postwar era, he participated in the Soviet and East German Communist-controlled neutralist Alliance of Germans party from 1952 until his death in 1956.
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Lorig (1868–1948, from Butzweiler/Eifel) and JosephWirth. Gemünden was a pastoral community, and JosephWirth earned a living as a cattle dealer. The family...
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airport on the Oberwiesenfeld) in Munich-Milbertshofen, and Karl Rapp and JosephWirth were given power of attorney in Munich. Rapp, working as an engineer...
of their votes. Although the Coalition was revived in the ministry of JosephWirth from 1921 to 1922, the pro-democratic elements never truly had a majority...
Erzberger also was the leader of the left-wing of the Centre Party with JosephWirth. At a Reich party committee meeting, he said that "Left is life, Right...
resignation in 1920), but agreed to form a cabinet after the resignation of JosephWirth's second cabinet. Cuno was appointed Reichskanzler on 22 November 1922...
wing, which included noted politicians such as Matthias Erzberger and JosephWirth, as well as Catholic workers' associations and Catholic trade unions...
Pour le Mérite (11 September 1915) Commander of the Military Order of Max Joseph Bavaria Officer of the Military Merit Order with Swords (Bavaria) Knight...
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cabinet of JosephWirth (Centre Party) in May 1921 as minister of the treasury and vice-chancellor. He held the positions throughout Wirth's term of office...
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August 1923 President Friedrich Ebert Chancellor Wilhelm Cuno Preceded by JosephWirth Succeeded by Gustav Stresemann Personal details Born (1874-12-26)26 December...
17 January 1922, party chairman. He supported Centre Party Chancellor JosephWirth in his "fulfillment policy" (Erfüllungspolitik) which attempted to comply...
1921–22 and throughout 1923, he was minister of justice in the cabinets of JosephWirth and Gustav Stresemann. During his time in office, a number of important...
Christian Wirth (German: [vɪʁt] ; 24 November 1885 – 26 May 1944) was a German SS officer and leading Holocaust perpetrator who was one of the primary...
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caretaker basis until 10 May, when it was replaced by the first cabinet of JosephWirth, the Centre Party minister of Finance under Fehrenbach. The Reichstag...
Constantin Fehrenbach Konrad Adenauer Foundation: Biographical entry for JosephWirth Deutsche Biographie: Wilhelm Cuno Deutsche Biographie: Gustav Stresemann...
as a result of the London ultimatum on reparations. He is replaced by JosephWirth, also of the Centre Party. 5 May: The London Schedule of Payments reduces...
issue, had resigned on 4 May. The government of the new chancellor, JosephWirth, accepted the ultimatum on 11 May and began the "policy of fulfillment"...
265 days Centre Bauer 4 JosephWirth (1879–1956) 27 March 1920 22 October 1921 1 year, 209 days Centre Müller I Fehrenbach Wirth I 5 Andreas Hermes (1878–1964)...
1936) JosephWirth, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1956) September 14 – Margaret Sanger, American birth control advocate (d. 1966) September 15 – Joseph Lyons...
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