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Hans Luther
German politician, banker and diplomat
For the father of Martin Luther, see Hans Luther (15th century).
Hans Luther (listenⓘ) (10 March – 11 May ) was a German politician and Chancellor of Germany for days in to As Minister of Finance he helped stabilize the Mark during the hyperinflation of From to , Luther was head of the Reichsbank and from to he served as German Ambassador to the United States.
Early life
[edit]Hans Luther was born in Berlin on 10 March into a Lutheran family as the son of Otto (–), a well-off merchant, and Wilhelmine Luther (née Hübner).[1][2]
After attaining the Abitur at the Leibniz-Gymnasium/Berlin, Luther studied lag at Geneva, Kiel and Berlin from to His teachers included Otto von Gierke, Franz von Liszt, Heinrich Brunner, Gustav von Schmoller and Hugo Preuss. In , Luther was awarded a for his dissertation Die Zuständigkeit des Bundesrats zur Entscheidung von Thronstreitigkeiten innerhalb des Deutschen Reic
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Wilhelm Marx, the son of a headmaster, was born on 15th February, He studied law in Bonn before becoming a lawyer.
In Marx became a judge in Elberfeld. He joined the Catholic Centre Party (BVP) and after serving in the Prussian Parliament he was elected to the Reichstag in
Marx was elected chairman of the BVP in and two years later was appointed chancellor of Germany. He appointed Hans Luther as finance minister who negotiated the Dawes Plan.
In the General Election that took place in December, , he was forced from office. After a spell as prime minister of Prussia he once again became chancellor of Germany in May
Following the General Election in Marx resigned as chancellor and as chairman of the Catholic Centre Party (BVP). Wilhelm Marx died in Bonn on 5th August,
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Wilhelm Marx
Chancellor of Germany (–, –)
Wilhelm Marx (15 January – 5 August ) was a German judge, politician and member of the Catholic Centre Party. During the Weimar Republic he was the chancellor of Germany twice, from to and from to , and served briefly as the minister president of Prussia in With a total of 3 years and 73 days, he was the longest-serving chancellor during the Weimar Republic.
After being a member of the Reichstag of the German Empire for ten years, Marx was elected in to the Weimar National Assembly that drafted Germany's new constitution and then in to the Republic's Reichstag where he served until not long before the Nazi takeover. As chancellor he helped steer Germany through the crisis year of with its hyperinflation and rebellious state governments. The following year his government worked to end the immediate crisis over Germany's war reparations and then in successfully brought Germany into the League of Nations. His terms in office saw a numbe