Constantin Fehrenbach

Constantin Fehrenbach
Chancellor of Germany
In office June 21, 1920 – May 10, 1921
Preceded by	Hermann Müller
Succeeded by	Joseph Wirth
Personal details
Born	January 11, 1852(1852-01-11)
Died	March 26, 1926(1926-03-26) (aged 74)
Political party	Centre Party
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Constantin Fehrenbach (January 11, 1852, Bonndorf, Baden – March 26, 1926) was a German Catholic politician who was one of the major leaders of the Centre Party. He served as President of the Reichstag in 1918, and then as President of the Weimar National Assembly from 1919 to 1920. Upon the resignation of the Social Democrats from the government in June 1920 as a result of their poor showing in the elections of that year, Fehrenbach became Chancellor of Germany, forming a coalition with the left-wing liberal DDP and the national-liberal DVP. His government lasted less than a year, the government resigning in April 1921 in protest against the allied reparations assessment which was announced that month. Fehrenbach headed the Center Party's Reichstag fraction from 1923 until his death in 1926. His critique of the military as a state within the state is well known in modern political Germany.

Cabinet, June 1920 - May 1921

• Constantin Fehrenbach (Z) - Chancellor
• Rudolf Heinze (DVP) - Vice Chancellor and Justice Minister
• Walter Simons - Foreign Minister
• Erich Koch-Weser (DDP) - Interior Minister
• Joseph Wirth (Z) - Finance Minister
• Ernst Scholz (DVP) - Economics Minister
• Heinrich Brauns (Z) - Labour Minister
• Otto Gessler (DDP) - Defence Minister
• Johannes Giesberts (Z) - Postal Minister
• Wilhelm Groener - Transport Minister
• Andreas Hermes (Z) - Food Minister
• Hans von Raumer (DVP) - Treasury Minister

Political offices
Preceded by Hermann Müller	Chancellor of Germany 1920–1921	Succeeded by Joseph Wirth