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1919 German presidential election

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German presidential election, 1919
February 11, 1919 1925 →
 
Nominee Friedrich Ebert Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner
Party SPD DNVP
Electoral vote 277 49
Percentage 73.1% 12.9%
President before election

None

 President-Elect

Friedrich Ebert
SPD

The presidential election (Reichspräsidentenwahl) of 1919 was the first election to the office of President of the Reich (Reichspräsident), Germany's head of state during the 1919-1933 Weimar Republic. Instead of a direct popular vote, the 1919 presidential election was held indirectly, by the National Assembly, on February 11, 1919. The winner was SPD chairman Friedrich Ebert, who beat former Secretary of the Interior Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner by 277 to 49 votes.

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