Weimar Republic chancellors 1918-1926

Question 1

Friedrich Ebert

Answer 1

Ebert was in office from November 1918 to February 1919. He resigned to become president.

Question 2

Philipp Scheidemann

Answer 2

Schiedemann was in office from February 1919 to June 1919. He resigned because he refused to agree to the Versailles Treaty.

Question 3

Gustav Bauer

Answer 3

Bauer was in office from June 1919 to March 1920. He resigned after the Kapp Putsch.

Question 4

Hermann Müller

Answer 4

Müller was in office from March 1920 to June 1920. He was replaced after the June elections.

Question 5

Constantin Fehrenbach

Answer 5

Ferenbach was in office from June 1920 to May 1921. His coalition collapsed over reparations.

Question 6

Joseph Wirth

Answer 6

Wirth was in office from May 1921 to November 1922. He resigned over Upper Silesia being given to Poland.

Question 7

Wilhelm Cuno

Answer 7

Cuno was in office from November 1922 to August 1923. The SPD (Social Democratic Party) took a vote of no confidence.

Question 8

Gustav Stresemann

Answer 8

Stresemann was in office from August 1923 to November 1923. The SPD (Social Democratic Party) took a vote of no confidence.

Question 9

Wilhelm Marx

Answer 9

Marx was in office from November 1923 to January 1925. Two of his coalitions collapsed. Marx becomes minister President of Prussia.

Question 10

Hans Luther

Answer 10

Hans Luther was in office from January 1925 to May 1926.