Hermann Müller Constantin Fehrenbach Joseph Wirth Wilhelm Cuno Gustav Stresemann Wilhelm Marx Hans Luther
Preceded by
Gustav Noske
Succeeded by
Wilhelm Groener
Reich Minister of the Interior
Acting 23 October 1925 – 5 December 1925
Chancellor
Hans Luther
Preceded by
Martin Schiele
Succeeded by
Wilhelm Külz
Reich Minister for Reconstruction
In office 25 October 1919 – 24 March 1920
Chancellor
Gustav Bauer
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Walther Rathenau
Member of the Reichstag
In office 1920–1924
Constituency
National list
Personal details
Born
(1875-02-06)6 February 1875 Ludwigsburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Died
24 March 1955(1955-03-24) (aged 80) Lindenberg im Allgäu, Bavaria, West Germany
Political party
German Democratic Party
Other political affiliations
Progressive People's Party (1910-1918)
Profession
Politician
Otto Karl Gessler (or Geßler) (6 February 1875 – 24 March 1955) was a liberal German politician during the Weimar Republic. From 1910 until 1914, he was mayor of Regensburg and from 1913 to 1919 mayor of Nuremberg. He served in numerous Weimar cabinets, most notably as Reichswehrminister (Minister of Defence) from 1920 to 1928.
Otto Karl Gessler (or Geßler) (6 February 1875 – 24 March 1955) was a liberal German politician during the Weimar Republic. From 1910 until 1914, he was...
Franz Sperr as well as the former Weimar Reich ministers and DDP members OttoGeßler and Eduard Hamm. Many former members of the DDP and Radical Democratic...
executive power to OttoGessler. After General Otto von Lossow, who was in command of the Reichswehr troops in Bavaria, refused to act on Gessler's order to ban...
American baseball player OttoGessler (1875–1955), German politician Magdalena Gessler (born 1953), Polish restaurateur Scott Gessler (born 1965), American...
Reichsmarine Chief Hans Zenker on 30 September 1928, it led Reichswehr Minister OttoGessler to resign. In early 1923 Captain Walter Lohmann, who had acquired international...
lacking in energy dealing with the putsch. He resigned on 22 March 1920. OttoGessler succeeded him. Noske would be the last Social Democrat in this position...
Reichsmarine. From 1925 to 1926 he served as adjutant to the Minister of War OttoGessler. In 1932 Schniewind became captain of the light cruiser Köln. In 1934...
changes to social and economic policies. General Reinhardt also resigned. OttoGessler succeeded Noske; von Seeckt became Chef der Heeresleitung. The demands...
throughout Germany and transferred executive power to Minister of Defense OttoGessler. Kahr refused to carry out his orders, such as banning the Nazi Party...
cabinet stayed on as a caretaker government under the leadership of OttoGessler until 17 May, when Wilhelm Marx of the Centre Party formed a new government...
Although the DDP was not a member of the coalition, Luther was able to keep OttoGessler at the Reichswehrministerium. When Ebert died on 28 February, Luther...
Besatzungen der Luftschiffe) was donated in 1920 by Reichswehr Minister OttoGessler. There were two versions for Army and Navy airships. Upon request, it...
who had a large number of contacts among the Right. Defence Minister OttoGessler had made such contacts illegal in February 1923, and some Reichswehr...
Gersdorff General Survived 1980 Eugen Gerstenmaier Theologian Survived 1986 OttoGessler Minister of Defence Survived 1955 Hans Bernd Gisevius Diplomat Survived...
sitting was in fact held on that day, but owing to the non-arrival of OttoGessler, the German minister of defense, it was not possible to proceed with...
thought that he had not been tough enough facing up to the putschists; OttoGessler succeeded Noske as Defence Minister. General Reinhardt also resigned...
support Simons and Wilhelm Marx while the DDP refused to support Jares. OttoGessler was proposed as a compromise candidate, but this failed. Most right-wing...
of Ministers (Ministerrat), or Prime Minister, in 1964 after the death of Otto Grotewohl. However, he had been serving as acting chairman of the council...
architects of the currency reform, stayed on as minister of Finance. OttoGessler and Heinrich Brauns had held their posts since 1920. Rudolf Oeser and...
meeting with the cabinet, and to the resignation of Reichswehr Minister OttoGessler. As a result of the scandal, which the cabinet kept under wraps as much...
cabinet rather than the four they wanted, and requested that the DDP allow OttoGessler stay on as Reichswehr minister even if the DDP did not formally take...
to become a heavy burden on the Republic. Whereas Reichswehr Minister OttoGessler was content with limited political and administrative duties during his...
(equivalent to 15% of the inhabitants), although Minister of Defence OttoGessler had forbidden the participation of Reichswehr units. Among the guests...
was willing to support the new cabinet only if the DDP agreed to keep OttoGessler (DDP) in office as Reichswehr minister. Luther was able to get an agreement...
Order, the industrialist Carl Duisberg, as well as the former ministers OttoGessler and Gustav Noske. Hitler was hesitant to run given Hindenburg's popularity...
against the state governments of Saxony and Thuringia. On 23 October, OttoGessler ordered the Reichswehr to move into both states. In Thuringia, the militias...
Defence Minister OttoGessler to resign in disgrace in January 1928. The military took advantage of the opening created by Gessler's resignation to convince...