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The Weimar Republic, [d] officially known as the German Reich, [e] was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.
After the first ballot did not result in any candidate securing a majority of the votes, the right-wing parties successfully pushed for their first round candidate, Karl Jarres of the German People's Party, to be replaced by World War I Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, while the parties of the centre and left united behind Wilhelm Marx of the ...
The Weimar Constitution of August 1919 created the office of President of the Reich (German: Reichspräsident). Upon the death of Paul von Hindenburg in August 1934, the office was left vacant, with Adolf Hitler becoming head of state as Führer und Reichskanzler (retroactively approved by a referendum).
6 February: The first meeting of the National Assembly takes place in Weimar, the city associated with Goethe and Schiller that will give the new republic its informal name. Berlin is considered too politically unstable to be the meeting place. [23] 11 February: The Weimar National Assembly elects Friedrich Ebert of the SPD as president of ...
In the end, the right-wing extremists were successful, and the Weimar Republic came to an end with the ascent of Hitler and the National Socialist Party. Impact on the Weimar Republic The Revolution of 1918/19 is one of the most important events in the modern history of Germany, yet it is poorly embedded in the historical memory of Germans. [ 137 ]
Social Democratic Party Scheidemann SPD–DDP–Z (Weimar Coalition) Nat.Ass. 11: Gustav Bauer (1870–1944) 21 June 1919 26 March 1920 273 days: Social Democratic Party Bauer SPD–DDP–Z (Weimar Coalition) 12: Hermann Müller (1876–1931) 27 March 1920 21 June 1920 86 days: Social Democratic Party Müller I SPD–DDP–Z (Weimar Coalition ...
In the fourteen years the Weimar Republic was in existence, some forty parties were represented in the Reichstag.This fragmentation of political power was in part due to the use of a peculiar proportional representation electoral system that encouraged regional or small special interest parties [1] and in part due to the many challenges facing the nascent German democracy in this period.
Federal elections were held in Germany on 20 May 1928 to elect the fourth Reichstag of the Weimar Republic. [1] [2] [3]The previous three and a half years had seen Germany governed by a series of conservative cabinets, variably including the radical nationalist German National People's Party (DNVP).