Constantin Fehrenbach

Constantin Fehrenbach
Fehrenbach in 1913
Chancellor of Germany
(Weimar Republic)
In office
25 June 1920 – 10 May 1921
PresidentFriedrich Ebert
DeputyRudolf Heinze
Preceded byHermann Müller
Succeeded byJoseph Wirth
President of the Weimar National Assembly / President of the Reichstag
In office
14 February 1919 – 21 June 1920
PresidentFriedrich Ebert
ChancellorPhilipp Scheidemann
Preceded byEduard David
Succeeded byPaul Löbe (as President of the Reichstag)
In office
June 1918 – November 1918
MonarchWilhelm II
ChancellorGeorg von Hertling
Prince Maximilian of Baden
Preceded byJohannes Kaempf
Succeeded byEduard David (as President of the Weimar National Assembly)
Member of the Reichstag
In office
24 June 1920 – 26 March 1926
ConstituencyBaden
Member of the Weimar National Assembly
In office
6 February 1919 – 21 May 1920
ConstituencyBaden
Personal details
Born(1852-01-11)11 January 1852
Wellendingen, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire
Died26 March 1926(1926-03-26) (aged 74)
Freiburg im Breisgau
Political partyCentre Party
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Constantin Fehrenbach, sometimes erroneously[1] Konstantin Fehrenbach, (11 January 1852 – 26 March 1926), was a German politician who was one of the major leaders of the Catholic Centre Party. He served as president of the Reichstag in 1918 and then as president of the Weimar National Assembly from 1919 to 1920. In June 1920, Fehrenbach became Chancellor of Germany. During his time in office, the central issue he had to face was German compliance with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. He resigned in May 1921 when his cabinet was unable to reach a consensus on war reparations payments to the Allies. Fehrenbach remained in the Reichstag and headed the Centre Party's contingent there from 1923 until his death in 1926.

Fehrenbach was considered part of the Centre Party's left wing,[2] which included noted politicians such as Matthias Erzberger and Joseph Wirth, as well as Catholic workers' associations and Catholic trade unions.[3]

  1. ^ Braun, Bernd (2005). "Constantin Fehrenbach (1852–1926)". In Weber, Reinhold; Mayer, Ines (eds.). Politische Köpfe aus Südwestdeutschland [Politicians from Southwest Germany] (in German). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer. p. 106. ISBN 978-3-170-18700-9.
  2. ^ Jones, Larry Eugene (1988). German Liberalism and the Dissolution of the Weimar Party System, 1918–1933. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-469-61968-2.
  3. ^ Knapp, Thomas A. (1969). "The German Center Party and the Reichsbanner: A Case Study in Political and Social Consensus in the Weimar Republic". International Review of Social History. 14 (2): 159–179. doi:10.1017/S0020859000003564.

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