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This article is about the German Chancellor. For the father of Martin Luther, the theologian, see Hans Luther (15th century).
Hans Luther
Chancellor of Germany
9th Chancellor of the Weimar Republic
In office
January 15, 1925 – May 12, 1926
Preceded byWilhelm Marx
Succeeded byWilhelm Marx
Personal details
Born(1879-03-10)10 March 1879
Berlin
Died11 May 1962(1962-05-11) (aged 83)
Düsseldorf
Political partyNone
Professionlawyer

Hans Luther (10 March 1879 – 11 May 1962) was a German politician and Chancellor of Germany.

Biography

Born in Berlin, Luther started in politics in 1907 by becoming the town councillor in Magdeburg. He continued on becoming secretary of the German Städtetag in 1913 and then mayor of Essen in 1918. In December 1922, Chancellor Wilhelm Cuno appointed Luther minister of Food and Agriculture.

He kept his position in 1924 when Wilhelm Marx became Chancellor. In 1925, he was appointed Chancellor of Germany, but Marx resumed office the following year. Luther also briefly acted as head of state following the death of Friedrich Ebert.[citation needed]

In 1930, Hans Luther was made president of Reichsbank. Soon after he was made German ambassador to the United States, a position he held from 1933 to 1937, after which he retired.

In 1933 Luther, lectured at the Columbia University campus. Luther's speech stressed Hitler's "peaceful intentions" toward his European neighbors. Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia's president, rejected student appeals to cancel the invitation, calling the request "illiberal" and citing the need for academic freedom.[1]

After the Second World War, Luther came out of retirement to become an advisor for the new government.

He died in Düsseldorf.

Hans Luther's First Cabinet, January - December 1925

Changes

  • October 26, 1925 - Schiele, Schlieben, and Neuhaus resign from the Cabinet. They are replaced on an acting basis by Gessler (who remains also Defense Minister) at Interior, Luther (who remains also Chancellor) at Finance, and Krohne (who remains also Transport Minister) at Economics.
  • November 21, 1925 - Frenken resigns as Justice Minister and is replaced on a temporary basis by Chancellor Luther

Luther's Second Cabinet (January - May 1926)

Further reading

  • C. Edmund Clingan. The Lives of Hans Luther, 1879-1962: German Chancellor, Reichsbank President, and Hitler's Ambassador (Lexington Books; 2010) 166 pages

References

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  1. ^ "DR. BUTLER REFUSES TO BAR NAZI ENVOY; Columbia Head Rejects Plea by Students to Cancel Dr. Luther's Address. CALLS REQUEST ILLIBERAL Stresses Need for Academic Freedom -- Club Is Reported Planning Demonstration.", The New York Times, November 20, 1933. Accessed August 28, 2008.


Political offices
Preceded by Chancellor of Germany
1925–1926 		Succeeded by


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