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Joseph Wirth was a German political leader who served as Chancellor of Germany during the early 1920s, a turbulent period following World War I. He is historically significant for his role in navigating Germany's postwar challenges, including reparations and political instability during the Weimar Republic era.
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Key facts
- President
- Friedrich Ebert
- Deputy
- Gustav Bauer
- Preceded by
- Constantin Fehrenbach
- Succeeded by
- Wilhelm Cuno
- Chancellor
- Joseph Wirth
- Constituency
- National list (1932–1933), Liegnitz (1930–1932), National list (1928–1930), Baden (1920–1928)
- Born
- Karl Joseph Wirth , ( 1879-09-06 ) 6 September 1879, Freiburg im Breisgau , Germany
- Died
- 3 January 1956 (1956-01-03) (aged 76), Freiburg im Breisgau , West Germany
- Party
- Centre Party (1911–1933), CDU (1948–1953), BdD (1953–1956)
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Baden
- Place of birth
- Freiburg im Breisgau
- Place of death
- Freiburg im Breisgau
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- University of Freiburg
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Doctoral advisor
- Ludwig Stickelberger
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 146III-105, Joseph Wirth.jpg
- Work location
- Lucerne
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- 1879-09-06
- date of death
- 1956-01-03
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- Joseph Wirth
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Encyclopedic overview
Karl Joseph Wirth ( German pronunciation: [kaʁl ˈjoːzɛf ˈvɪʁt]; 6 September 1879 – 3 January 1956) was a German politician of the Catholic Centre Party who was chancellor of Germany from May 1921 to November 1922, during the early years of the Weimar Republic. He was also minister of four government departments between 1920 and 1931 (Foreign Affairs, Finance, Interior, and Occupied Territories). Wirth was strongly influenced by Christian social teaching throughout his political career.
He was named chancellor in May 1921 when Germany was facing difficult negotiations with the Allies of World War I over German war reparations. Wirth accepted the Allies' conditions and began a policy of fulfilment – an attempt to show that Germany was unable to afford the reparations payments by making the effort to meet them. He resigned after less than six months in protest against the partition of Upper Silesia by the League of Nations and formed a second, minority cabinet a few days later. Following the assassination of Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau by members of a right-wing terrorist group in April 1922, his government attempted to confront political violence with the Law for the Protection of the Republic. Wirth's second government resigned after just over a year when it was unable to expand its political base.
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