Oskar Hergt

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Oskar Hergt
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Oskar Gustav Rudolf Hergt , also: Oscar (born October 22, 1869 in Naumburg , † May 9, 1967 in Göttingen ) was a German lawyer , minister , deputy chancellor and politician of the DNVP .

Life and work

Hergt was born the son of a businessman. After graduating from high school in Naumburg , he began studying law at the universities of Würzburg , Munich and Berlin , which he completed with two state exams . He was initially court clerk and assessor in the Prussian province of Saxony , later became a magistrate in Liebenwerda and served as 1902-1904 Government in Hildesheim and the Prefect in Hanover operates. From 1904 to 1914 he was an administrative officer in the Prussian Ministry of Finance . Hergt was appointed to the Secret Finance Council in 1905 , later to the Lecturing Council and finally to the Secret Upper Finance Council. From 1909 he was general reporter for the budget in the Prussian state parliament . From 1933 he lived withdrawn from political life in Göttingen.

Political party

During the time of the German Empire , Hergt was non-party , but was close to the free conservatives . After the First World War , he was one of the founders of the DNVP and was elected its first Reich Chairman on December 19, 1918. As party leader, Hergt took a moderate line. Against the resistance of the old conservative right wing of the party , he tried to weaken it and to convert the DNVP from an anti-democratic to a Christian-conservative people's party with a broad base in all strata. Although Hergt, as a monarchist , was a staunch opponent of the Weimar Republic , he rejected attempts at political overthrow. After some DNVP members of the Reichstag had approved the Dawes Plan in 1924 , Hergt came under increasing criticism. Thereupon he resigned the party leadership on October 23, 1924. Johann Friedrich Winckler was appointed as his acting successor , who held the office until 1926. In October 1928 Hergt ran again for the chairmanship of the DNVP, but was subject to Alfred Hugenberg in the election .

MP

From 1919 to 1923, Hergt was a member of the Prussian State Constitutional Assembly and then of the Prussian State Parliament . He was a member of the Reichstag from June 1920 to November 1933 , where he was chairman of the DNVP parliamentary group from 1920 to 1924. In parliament he represented the constituencies of Liegnitz and Hessen-Nassau.

Public offices

Hergt was district president in Liegnitz in 1915/16 and held the same office in Opole in 1916/17 . From August 1917 to November 7, 1918 he was the royal Prussian finance minister . From January 28, 1927 to June 28, 1928 he was Reich Minister of Justice in the government led by Reich Chancellor Wilhelm Marx . At the same time he held the office of Deputy Chancellor .

literature

  • Klaus-Peter Hoepke:  Hergt, Oscar. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 612 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Martin Schumacher (Hrsg.): MdR The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation, 1933–1945. A biographical documentation . 3rd, considerably expanded and revised edition. Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5183-1 .

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SURNAME Hergt, Oskar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hergt, Oskar Gustav Rudolf (full name); Hergt, Oscar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, administrative officer and politician (DNVP), MdR, Deputy Reich Chancellor, Reich Minister
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Naumburg
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1967
Place of death Goettingen