Fehrenbach cabinet
Fehrenbach cabinet | |
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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 |
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
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 |
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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 |
See also
Web links
- Negotiations of the Reichstag - Volume 363 - Annex 4
- bundesarchiv.de : Files of the Reich Chancellery (online version of: Das Kabinett Fehrenbach (1920/21) . Published for the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences by Karl Dietrich Erdmann and for the Federal Archives by Wolfgang Mommsen (until 1972), 1972, ISBN 978-3-486-41563-6 )