Theodor Heuss

Theodor Heuss
Theodor Heuss
	President Heuss in 1953
President of Germany
	In office; 12 September 1949 – 12 September 1959
Chancellor	Konrad Adenauer
Preceded by	Karl Arnold (acting)
Succeeded by	Heinrich Lübke
Leader of the Free Democratic Party
	In office; 12 December 1948 – 12 September 1949
Deputy	Franz Blücher
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Franz Blücher
Leader of the Free Democratic Party; in the Bundestag
	In office; 4 September 1949 – 12 September 1949
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Hermann Schäfer
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundestag ; for Württemberg-Baden
	In office; 7 September 1949 – 15 September 1949
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Margarete Hütter
Constituency	Free Democratic Party List
Member of the Parliamentary Council ; for Württemberg-Baden
	In office; 1 September 1948 – 5 August 1949
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of the; Landtag of Württemberg-Baden
	In office; 10 December 1946 – 16 September 1949
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Anna Hartnagel
Constituency	Democratic People's Party List
Member of the Reichstag
	In office; 13 October 1930 – 8 July 1933
Constituency	Württemberg
	In office; 5 January 1925 – 13 June 1928
Constituency	Württemberg
Personal details
Born	31 January 1884; Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Died	12 December 1963 (aged 79); Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Political party	FVP (1910–1918) DDP (1918–1933) DPD (1947–1948) FDP (1948–1963)
Spouse	Elly Knapp (m. 1908; died 1952)
Children	1
Alma mater	LMU Munich
Profession	Journalist
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Theodor Heuss (German: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈhɔʏs] ^ⓘ; 31 January 1884 – 12 December 1963) was a German liberal politician who served as the first president of West Germany from 1949 to 1959. His cordial nature – something of a contrast to the stern character of chancellor Konrad Adenauer – largely contributed to the stabilization of democracy in West Germany during the Wirtschaftswunder years. Before beginning his career as a politician, Heuss had been a political journalist.^[1]

^ Wieck, Michael; Lenz, Siegfried (2003). A Childhood Under Hitler and Stalin: Memoirs of a "certified" Jew. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 146, 266. ISBN 0299185443.

[:0-1] Wieck, Michael; Lenz, Siegfried (2003). A Childhood Under Hitler and Stalin: Memoirs of a "certified" Jew. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 146, 266. ISBN 0299185443.

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