Hermann Müller (politician)
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| In office March 27 – June 8, 1920 June 28, 1928–March 27, 1930 |
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| Preceded by | Gustav Bauer Wilhelm Marx |
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| Succeeded by | Konstantin Fehrenbach Heinrich Brüning |
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| 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.
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| 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 |
| Chancellors of Germany |
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 German Empire (1871–1918): Otto von Bismarck | Leo von Caprivi | Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst | Bernhard von Bülow | Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg | Georg Michaelis | Georg von Hertling | Prince Maximilian of Baden •  Weimar Republic (1919–1933): Friedrich Ebert | Philipp Scheidemann | Gustav Bauer | Hermann Müller | Konstantin Fehrenbach | Joseph Wirth | Wilhelm Cuno | Gustav Stresemann | Wilhelm Marx | Hans Luther | Wilhelm Marx | Hermann Müller | Heinrich Brüning | Franz von Papen | Kurt von Schleicher •  Nazi Germany (1933–1945): Adolf Hitler | Joseph Goebbels | Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk •  Federal Republic of Germany (1949–): Konrad Adenauer | Ludwig Erhard | Kurt Georg Kiesinger | Willy Brandt | Helmut Schmidt | Helmut Kohl | Gerhard Schröder | Angela Merkel |
| Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party of Germany |
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| 1890-1933: Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
Paul Singer/Alwin Gerisch | August Bebel/Paul Singer | August Bebel/Hugo Haase | Hugo Haase/Friedrich Ebert | Friedrich Ebert | Friedrich Ebert/Philipp Scheidemann | Otto Wels/Herman Müller | Arthur Crispien/Otto Wels/Herman Müller | Arthur Crispien/Otto Wels | Arthur Crispien/Otto Wels/Hans Vogel 1933-1945: SPD organisation in exile (SoPaDe) Otto Wels/Hans Vogel | Hans Vogel since 1946: Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Kurt Schumacher | Erich Ollenhauer | Willy Brandt | Hans-Jochen Vogel | Björn Engholm | Johannes Rau | Rudolf Scharping | Oskar Lafontaine | Gerhard Schröder | Franz Müntefering | Matthias Platzeck | Kurt Beck |
Hermann Müller (Chancellor, SPD) | Erich Koch-Weser (DDP) | Adolf Köster (SPD) | Andreas Blunck (DDP) | Joseph Wirth (Z) | Robert Schmidt (SPD) | Andreas Hermes (Z) | Alexander Schlicke (SPD) | Otto Gessler (DDP) | Johannes Bell (Z) | Gustav Bauer (SPD) | Johannes Giesberts (Z) | Eduard David (SPD)
Hermann Müller (Chancellor, SPD) | Gustav Stresemann (DVP) | Julius Curtius (DVP) | Carl Severing (SPD) | Erich Koch-Weser (DDP) | Theodor von Guérard (Z) | Rudolf Hilferding (SPD) | Paul Moldenhauer (DVP) | Robert Schmidt (SPD) | Hermann Dietrich (DDP) | Rudolf Wissell (SPD) | Wilhelm Groener (independent) | Georg Schätzel (BVP) | Adam Stegerwald (Z) | Joseph Wirth (Z)
