Wilhelm Marx

**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.

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1 First cabinet (Nov. 1923 - May 1924)

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

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.

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

Changes

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