Wilhelm Marx

Wilhelm Marx (January 15, 1863 - August 5, 1946) was a German Catholic politician and a member of the Centre Party. He served as Chancellor 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) presidential candidate in 1925, when he was defeated by Paul von Hindenburg.

Table of contents

1 First Cabinet November 1923 - May 1924 2 Second Cabinet June 1924 - December 1924 3 Third Cabinet May 1926 - December 1926 4 Fourth Cabinet January 1927 - June 1928 5 Succession

First Cabinet November 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 Defense
• Dr. Rudolf Oeser (DDP) - Minister of Transportation
• Dr. Anton Höfle (Z) - Postal Minister and temporary Minister of Occupied Territories

• April 15 1924 - Kurt Joel succeeds Emminger as Minister of Justice.

• 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 Labor
• Dr. Otto Geßler (DDP) - Minister of Defense
• Dr. Rudolf Oeser (DDP) - Minister of Transport
• Dr. Anton Höfle (Z) - Postal Minister and temporary Minister of the Occupied Areas

• 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 Occupied Areas
• 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 Labor
• Dr. Otto Geßler (DDP) - Minister of Defense
• Dr. Rudolf Krohne (DVP) - Minister of Transport
• Karl Stingl (BVP) - Postal Minister

• Dr. Wilhelm Marx (Z) - Chancellor and temporary Minister of the Occupied Areas
• Oskar Hergt (DNVP) - Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Justice
• Dr. Gustav Stresemann (DVP) - Foreign Minister
• Walter von Keudell (DNVP) - Minister of Interior
• Dr. Heinrich Köhler (Z) - Minister of Finance
• Dr. Julius Curtius (DVP) - Minister of Economics
• Dr. Martin Schiele (DNVP) - Minister of Food
• Dr. Heinrich Brauns (Z) - Minister of Labor
• Dr. Otto Geßler - Minister of Defense
• Dr. Wilhelm Koch (DNVP) - Minister of Transport
• Dr. Georg Schätzel (BVP) - Postal Minister

• January 19 1928 - Wilhelm Groener succeeds Geßler as Minister of Defense.