Fehrenbach cabinet

Fehrenbach cabinet
	Fourth government of the Weimar Republic
Chancellor	Constantin Fehrenbach
choice	1920
Legislative period	1.
Appointed by	President Friedrich Ebert
education	June 25, 1920
The End	May 4, 1921
Duration	0 years and 313 days
predecessor	Cabinet Müller I
successor	Cabinet Wirth I.
composition
Party (s)	Center, DVP and DDP
representation
Parliament	168/459

Constantin Fehrenbach

The conservative Fehrenbach cabinet existed from June 25, 1920 to May 4, 1921. Due to the London ultimatum , the cabinet was replaced on May 10, 1921 by the Wirth I cabinet with the participation of the SPD .

history

A total of 459 seats

KPD : 4
USPD : 84
SPD : 102
DDP : 39
Z : 64
BVP : 21
DVP : 65
DNVP : 71
Otherwise: 9

It was the first imperial government of the Weimar Republic that did not act on the basis of the Weimar coalition of the SPD , the center and the DDP , as it had lost its majority in the 1920 Reichstag elections , and the first German government to exclude the social democrats since 1918. The center politician Constantin After much hesitation, Fehrenbach took over the position of head of government. He was to be followed by three more Chancellors of the Center Party.

After a year in office, however, there were major political differences of opinion among the coalition center, DDP and DVP on the question of the London ultimatum , which led to the resignation of the cabinet.

composition

Fehrenbach cabinet June 25, 1920 to May 4, 1921
Chancellor		Constantin Fehrenbach	center
Vice Chancellor		Rudolf Heinze	DVP
Ministry of Foreign Affairs		Walter Simons	independent
Interior		Erich Koch	DDP
Judiciary		Rudolf Heinze	DVP
economy		Ernst Scholz	DVP
job		Heinrich Brauns	center
Food and Agriculture		Andreas Hermes	center
Reichswehr		Otto Gessler	DDP
Finances		Joseph Wirth	center
treasure		Hans von Raumer	DVP
post Office		Johannes Giesberts	center
traffic		Wilhelm Groener	independent
reconstruction	vacant