Friedrich Ebert | |
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1st President of Germany | |
In office 11 February 1919 – 28 February 1925 | |
Succeeded by | Hans Luther (acting) |
Chancellor of Germany | |
In office 9 November 1918 – 11 February 1919 | |
Preceded by | Prince Maximilian of Baden |
Succeeded by | Philipp Scheidemann |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 February 1871 |
Died | 28 February 1925 | (aged 54)
Political party | SPD |
Friedrich Ebert (4 February 1871 in Heidelberg – 28 February 1925 in Berlin) was a German politician. He was apart of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was Chancellor of Germany and its first president during the Weimar period.
Ebert was a social democrat. He became leader of the SPD in 1913, when the last leader August Bebel died. He was an important part of the German Revolution of 1918–19, and when Germany became a republic he became the first Chancellor. His goal was to make Germany more peaceful. He did this by putting down the Left-wing and Right-wing revolutions, working with the right-wing Freikorps and the left-wing Trade unionss.
He was Chancellor until he died on 28 February 1925 from Septic Shock.[1] He is praised for helping the Weimar Republic when it had only just been made, but people also say he was wrong for working with the right-wing, and that it helped Adolf Hitler come to power.
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Presidents of Germany Reich President (Reichspräsident): 1919-1945 Federal President (Bundespräsident): 1945- | ||
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Weimar Republic (1919–1933) | ||
Nazi Germany (1933–1945) | ||
Germany (since 1949) | Bundesratspräsident Karl Arnold (acting) · Theodor Heuss1 · Heinrich Lübke · Gustav Heinemann · Walter Scheel · Karl Carstens · Richard von Weizsäcker2 · Roman Herzog · Johannes Rau · Horst Köhler · Jens Böhrnsen (acting) · Christian Wulff · Joachim Gauck · Frank-Walter Steinmeier | |
1 President at the time of unification with the Saar 2 President at the time of unification with East Germany |
Chancellors of Germany Reich Chancellor (Reichskanzler): 1871-1945 Federal Chancellor (Bundeskanzler): 1945- | |
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German Empire (1871–1918) | Otto von Bismarck · Leo von Caprivi · Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst · Bernhard von Bülow · Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg · Georg Michaelis · Georg von Hertling · Max of Baden |
Weimar Republic (1918–1933) | Friedrich Ebert · Philipp Scheidemann · Gustav Bauer · Hermann Müller · Konstantin Fehrenbach · Joseph Wirth · Wilhelm Cuno · Gustav Stresemann · Wilhelm Marx · Hans Luther · Otto Geßler (acting) · Wilhelm Marx · Hermann Müller · Heinrich Brüning · Franz von Papen · Kurt von Schleicher |
Nazi Germany (1933–1945) | |
Germany (since 1949) | Konrad Adenauer · Ludwig Erhard · Kurt Georg Kiesinger · Willy Brandt · Walter Scheel (acting) · Helmut Schmidt · Helmut Kohl · Gerhard Schröder · Angela Merkel
· Olaf Scholz |
Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party of Germany | ||
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SPD (1890-1933) | Paul Singer/Alwin Gerisch · August Bebel/Paul Singer · August Bebel/Hugo Haase · Hugo Haase/Friedrich Ebert · Friedrich Ebert · Friedrich Ebert/Philipp Scheidemann · Otto Wels/Herman Müller · Arthur Crispien/Otto Wels/Herman Müller · Arthur Crispien/Otto Wels · Arthur Crispien/Otto Wels/Hans Vogel | |
SPD-in-exile (SoPaDe) (1933-1945) | Otto Wels/Hans Vogel · Hans Vogel | |
SPD (since 1946) | Kurt Schumacher · Erich Ollenhauer · Willy Brandt · Hans-Jochen Vogel · Björn Engholm · Johannes Rau · Rudolf Scharping · Oskar Lafontaine · Gerhard Schröder · Franz Müntefering · Matthias Platzeck · Kurt Beck · Franz Müntefering · Sigmar Gabriel · Martin Schulz · Olaf Scholz (Acting) · Andrea Nahles · Saskia Esken / Norbert Walter-Borjans |