Wilhelm Marx

Order:	17th and 19th Chancellor of Germany
Term of Office:	1923 - 1925 and 1926 - 1928
Date of Birth:	January 15, 1863
Date of Death:	August 5, 1946
Political Party:	Catholic Center Party
Profession:	lawyer

Wilhelm Marx (January 15, 1863–August 5, 1946) was a German Catholic politician and a member of the Centre Party. He served as Chancellor of Germany from 1923 to 1925 and again from 1926 to 1928, and was the Centre Party's (and, in the second round, the entire Weimar Coalition's) candidate in the 1925 presidential election, when he was defeated by Paul von Hindenburg.

Contents

1 First cabinet (Nov. 1923 - May 1924) 2 Second cabinet (June 1924 - Dec. 1924) 3 Third cabinet (May 1926 - Dec. 1926) 4 Fourth cabinet (Jan. 1927 - June 1928) 5 External links

First cabinet (Nov. 1923 - May 1924)

• Dr. Wilhelm Marx (Z) - Chancellor
• Dr. Karl Jarres (DVP) - Vice-Chancellor and Minister of the Interior
• Dr. Gustav Stresemann (DVP) - Foreign Minister
• Dr. Erich Emminger (BVP) - Minister of Justice
• Dr. Hans Luther - Minister of Finance
• Eduard Hamm (DDP) - Minister of Economics
• Gerhard Graf von Kanitz - Minister of Food
• Dr. Heinrich Brauns (Z) - Minister of Labour
• Dr. Otto Geßler (DDP) - Minister of Defence
• Dr. Rudolf Oeser (DDP) - Minister of Transportation
• Dr. Anton Höfle (Z) - Postal Minister and temporary Minister of Occupied Territories

Changes

• April 15 1924 - Kurt Joel succeeds Emminger as Minister of Justice.

Second cabinet (June 1924 - Dec. 1924)

• Dr. Wilhelm Marx (Z) - Chancellor
• Dr. Karl Jarres (DVP) - Vice-Chancellor and Minister of the Interior
• Dr. Gustav Stresemann (DVP) - Foreign Minister
• Dr. Kurt Joel - Minister of Justice
• Dr. Hans Luther - Minister of Finance
• Eduard Hamm (DDP) - Minister of Economics
• Gerhard Graf von Kanitz - Minister of Food
• Dr. Heinrich Brauns (Z) - Minister of Labour
• Dr. Otto Geßler (DDP) - Minister of Defence
• Dr. Rudolf Oeser (DDP) - Minister of Transportation
• Dr. Anton Höfle (Z) - Postal Minister and temporary Minister of Occupied Territories

Changes

• October 11 1924 - Dr. Rudolf Krohne (DVP) succeeds Oeser as Minister of Transport.

Third cabinet (May 1926 - Dec. 1926)

• Dr. Wilhelm Marx (Z) - Chancellor
• Dr. Gustav Stresemann (DVP) - Foreign Minister
• Dr. Wilhelm Külz (DDP) - Minister of the Interior
• Dr. Johannes Bell (Z) - Minister of Justice and temporary Minister of the Minister of Occupied Territories
• Dr. Peter Reinhold (DDP) - Minister of Finance
• Dr. Julius Curtius (DVP) - Minister of Economics
• Dr. Heinrich Haslinde (Z) - Minister of Food
• Dr. Heinrich Brauns (Z) - Minister of Labour
• Dr. Otto Geßler (DDP) - Minister of Defence
• Dr. Rudolf Krohne (DVP) - Minister of Transportation
• Karl Stingl (BVP) - Postal Minister

Fourth cabinet (Jan. 1927 - June 1928)

• Dr. Wilhelm Marx (Z) - Chancellor and temporary Minister of the Occupied Areas
• Oskar Hergt (DNVP) - Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Justice
• Dr. Gustav Stresemann (DVP) - Foreign Minister
• Walter von Keudell (DNVP) - Minister of the Interior
• Dr. Heinrich Köhler (Z) - Minister of Finance
• Dr. Julius Curtius (DVP) - Minister of Economics
• Dr. Martin Schiele (DNVP) - Minister of Food
• Dr. Heinrich Brauns (Z) - Minister of Labour
• Dr. Otto Geßler - Minister of Defence
• Dr. Wilhelm Koch (DNVP) - Minister of Transportation
• Dr. Georg Schätzel (BVP) - Postal Minister

Changes

• January 19 1928 - Wilhelm Groener succeeds Geßler as Minister of Defence.

External links

• http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/MarxWilhelm/

Preceded by: (first term) Gustav Stresemann	Chancellor of Germany 1923–1925, 1926–1928	Succeeded by: (first term) Hans Luther
Preceded by: (second term) Hans Luther		Succeeded by: (second term) Hermann Müller
Preceded by: Otto Braun	Prime Minister of Prussia 1925	Followed by: Otto Braun