Hermann Müller (politician)

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Hermann Müller

Chancellor of Germany
In office March 27 – June 8, 1920 June 28, 1928–March 27, 1930
Preceded by	Gustav Bauer Wilhelm Marx
Succeeded by	Konstantin Fehrenbach Heinrich Brüning

Born	May 18, 1876 Mannheim
Died	March 20, 1931 Berlin
Political party	SPD
Spouse	Frieda Tockus (d. 1905); Gottliebe Jaeger

Hermann Müller (May 18, 1876 – March 20, 1931), born in Mannheim, was a German Social Democratic politician who served as Foreign Minister (1919-1920), and twice as Chancellor of Germany (1920, 1928-1930) under the Weimar Republic. In his capacity as Foreign Minister, he was one of the German signatories of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.

Müller's father was a champaign producer who died in 1892. In 1902 he married Frieda Tockus. They had one daughter, Annemarie, in 1905; however, Tockus died several weeks later, due to complications from the pregnancy. He remarried in 1909, and the following year his daughter Erika was born.

His second government was the last Weimar government to actually command a majority of the Reichstag, but its "Grand Coalition" fell apart as a result of disputes between the Social Democrats and German People's Party over budgetary issues as a result of the onset of the Great Depression. Müller had strongly argued against his party's decision to leave the government, but was overruled. His death the next year following a gallbladder operation was seen as a major blow to the Social Democrats. He is buried in the Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde.

[edit] Cabinet March 1920 - June 1920

Hermann Müller (SPD) - Chancellor and Foreign Minister
Dr. Erich Koch-Weser (DDP) - Vice Chancellor and Interior Minister
Dr. Andreas Blunck (DDP) - Justice Minister
Dr. Joseph Wirth (Z) - Finance Minister
Robert Schmidt (SPD) - Economics Minister
Dr. Andreas Hermes (Z) - Food Minister
Dr. Alexander Schlicke (SPD) - Labour Minister
Dr. Otto Gessler (DDP) - Defence Minister
Dr. Johannes Bell (Z) - Transportation Minister
Johannes Giesberts (Z) - Postal Minister
Gustav Bauer (SPD) - Treasury Minister
Dr. Eduard David (SPD) - Minister without Portfolio

Changes

April 10, 1920 - Dr. Adolf Köster (SPD) succeeds Müller as Foreign Minister. Müller remains Chancellor.
May 1, 1920 - Gustav Bauer succeeds Bell as Transportation Minister. Bauer remains Treasury Minister.

[edit] Cabinet June 1928 - March 1930

Hermann Müller (SPD) - Chancellor
Dr. Gustav Stresemann (DVP) - Minister of Foreign Affairs
Carl Severing (SPD) - Minister of the Interior
Dr. Erich Koch-Weser (DDP) - Minister of Justice
Dr. Rudolf Hilferding (SPD) - Minister of Finance
Dr. Julius Curtius (DVP) - Minister of Economics
Dr. Hermann Dietrich (DDP) - Minister of Food
Rudolf Wissell (SPD) - Minister of Labour
Wilhelm Groener - Minister of Defence
Theodor von Guérard (Z) - Minister of Transport and Occupied Territories
Dr. Georg Schätzel (BVP) - Postal Minister

Changes

February 6, 1929 - Schätzel succeeds von Guérard as Transportation Minister. Schätzel remains Postal Minister. Severing succeeds von Guérard as Occupied Territories Minister. Severing remains Interior Minister.
April 13, 1929 - Von Guérard succeeds Koch-Weser as Justice Minister. Adam Stegerwald (Z) succeeds Schätzel as Transportation Minister. Schätzel remains Postal Minister. Joseph Wirth (Z) succeeds Severing as Occupied Territories Minister. Severing remains Interior Minister.
October 3, 1929 - Stresemann dies. Curtius succeeds him as Foreign Minister.
November 11, 1929 - Dr. Paul Moldenhauer (DVP) succeeds Curtius as Economics Minister. Curtius remains Foreign Minister.
December 21, 1929 - Hilferding resigns as Finance Minister.
December 23, 1929 - Moldenhauer becomes Finance Minister. Robert Schmidt (SPD) succeeds him as Economics Minister.

Political offices
Preceded by Ulrich Graf von Brockdorff-Rantzau	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1919–1920	Succeeded by Adolf Köster
Preceded by Gustav Bauer	Chancellor of Germany 1920	Succeeded by Konstantin Fehrenbach
Preceded by Wilhelm Marx	Chancellor of Germany 1928–1930	Succeeded by Heinrich Brüning