Cabinet Stresemann II

Cabinet Stresemann II
Ninth government of the Weimar Republic
Chancellor	Gustav Stresemann
choice	1920
Legislative period	1.
Appointed by	President Friedrich Ebert
education	October 6, 1923
The End	November 30, 1923
Duration	0 years and 55 days
predecessor	Cabinet Stresemann I
successor	Marx I cabinet
composition
Party (s)	DVP, SPD, Zentrum and DDP
representation
Parliament	270/459

The Stresemann II cabinet was a cabinet of the Reich government during the Weimar Republic ; it was in office from October 6th to November 30th, 1923 and thus succeeded the Stresemann I cabinet . With Gustav Stresemann for the last time was a Chancellor of the National Liberal People's party in office. At the end of the crisis year 1923 it was replaced by the Marx I cabinet , in which Stresemann remained foreign minister .

During the tenure of this government, the Reich was in a state of emergency (according to Article 48 of the Reich Constitution). Initially, the executive power was transferred to the Reichswehr Minister Otto Geßler (so-called civil emergency). On the occasion of the Hitler putsch on the night of November 8th to 9th, 1923, President Friedrich Ebert transferred executive power to General Hans von Seeckt, chief of the Army Command (military emergency).

composition

Stresemann II cabinet October 6, 1923 to November 30, 1923
Chancellor		Gustav Stresemann		DVP
Vice Chancellor		Robert Schmidt until November 3, 1923		SPD
		Karl Jarres from November 11, 1923		DVP
Ministry of Foreign Affairs		Gustav Stresemann		DVP
Interior		Wilhelm Sollmann until November 3, 1923		SPD
		Karl Jarres from November 11, 1923		DVP
Finances		Hans Luther		independent
economy		Joseph Koeth		independent
job		Heinrich Brauns		center
Reichswehr		Otto Gessler		DDP
Judiciary		Gustav Radbruch until November 3, 1923		SPD
Food and Agriculture		Gerhard Graf von Kanitz from October 22, 1923		independent
reconstruction		Robert Schmidt until November 3, 1923		SPD
Occupied Territories		Johannes Fuchs		center
post Office		Anton Höfle		center
traffic		Rudolf Oeser		DDP

Web links

• Negotiations of the Reichstag - Volume 380 - Changes in the Reich Government
• Negotiations of the Reichstag - Volume 380 - Changes in the Reich Government - next page

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin H. Geyer : Border Crossing. From a state of siege to a state of emergency. In: Niels Werber among others: First World War. Cultural studies manual. JB Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2014, p. 362.