Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner
Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner | |
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Vice Chancellor of the German Empire | |
In office 1 July 1897 – 24 June 1907 | |
Chancellor | Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Bernhard von Bülow |
Preceded by | Karl Heinrich von Boetticher |
Succeeded by | Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg |
Secretary of State of the Interior | |
In office 1 July 1897 – 24 June 1907 | |
Chancellor | Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Bernhard von Bülow |
Preceded by | Karl Heinrich von Boetticher |
Succeeded by | Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg |
Secretary of State of the Treasury | |
In office 1 July 1897 – 24 June 1907 | |
Chancellor | Leo von Caprivi Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst |
Preceded by | Helmuth von Maltzahn |
Succeeded by | Max von Thielmann |
Personal details | |
Born | Gross-Glogau, Province of Silesia, Prussia | 3 June 1845
Died | 23 October 1932 Naumburg, Province of Saxony, Prussia | (aged 87)
Nationality | German |
Political party | German National People's Party |
Spouse | Elise Moeller |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | University of Berlin University of Heidelberg University of Breslau |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Arthur Adolf, Count of Posadowsky-Wehner, Baron of Postelwitz (German: Arthur Graf von Posadowsky-Wehner Freiherr von Postelwitz, 3 June 1845 – 23 October 1932) was a German conservative statesman. He served as Secretary for the Treasury (1893–1897), Secretary of the Interior, Vice Chancellor of Germany and Prussian Minister of State (1897–1907).
Born to Silesian nobility, the son of a judge, Posadowsky-Wehner studied law in Berlin, Heidelberg and Breslau and earned a doctorate in law in 1867. He subsequently acquired an agricultural property, and entered politics in 1871, when he became a member of the province government in Posen. In 1882 he became a member of the Parliament of Prussia, and was appointed Landeshauptmann of Posen in 1885.
Posadowsky was a crucial figure for the election reform in 1903. He took care of a new voting technique to protect the secrecy of the ballot for the German parliament.
Posadowsky-Wehner was the candidate of the German National People's Party for the Presidency of Germany in 1919, but he lost to Friedrich Ebert.
Honours
- Order of Wilhelm I - 27 January 1900 - on the occasion of the Emperor´s birthday.[1]
- Order of the Red Eagle, Grand Cross with Oak leaves - 27 January 1902 - on the occasion of the Emperor´s birthday.[2]
Publications
- Über die Altersversorgung der Arbeiter (1883)
- Geschichte des schlesischen adligen Geschlechtes der Grafen Posadowsky-Wehner, Freiherren von Postelwitz (1891)
- Luxus und Sparsamkeit (1909)
- Die Wohnungsfrage als Kulturproblem (1910)
- Volk und Regierung im neuen Reich (1932)
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- 1845 births
- 1932 deaths
- People from Głogów
- People from the Province of Silesia
- Silesian nobility
- German Protestants
- German National People's Party politicians
- Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation politicians
- Vice-Chancellors of Germany
- Finance ministers of Germany
- Interior ministers of Germany
- Members of the 13th Reichstag of the German Empire
- Members of the Prussian House of Lords
- Members of the Weimar National Assembly
- Candidates for President of Germany