| Hermann Müller | |
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| In office 27 March – 8 June 1920 28 June 1928–27 March 1930 |
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| Preceded by | Gustav Bauer Wilhelm Marx |
| Succeeded by | Konstantin Fehrenbach Heinrich Brüning |
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| Born | 18 May 1876 Mannheim |
| Died | 20 March 1931 (aged 54) Berlin |
| Political party | SPD |
| Spouse(s) | Frieda Tockus (d. 1905); Gottliebe Jaeger |
Hermann Müller (help·info) (18 May 1876 – 20 March 1931), born in Mannheim, was a German Social Democratic politician who served as Foreign Minister (1919-1920), and twice as Chancellor of Germany (1920, 1928-1930) under the Weimar Republic. In his capacity as Foreign Minister, he was one of the German signatories of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
Müller's father was a champagne producer who died in 1892. In 1902 he married Frieda Tockus. They had one daughter, Annemarie, in 1905; however, Tockus died several weeks later, due to complications from the pregnancy. He remarried in 1909, and the following year his daughter Erika was born.
His second government was based on a "Grand Coalition" of Social Democrats, Centre Party, German Democratic Party and German People's Party. Though the coalition comprised a majority of the Reichstag, the relationships between the partners was uneasy. The coalition finally fell apart as a result of disputes between the Social Democrats and German People's Party over budgetary issues as a result of the onset of the Great Depression. Müller had strongly argued against his party's decision to leave the government, but was overruled.
His death the next year following a gallbladder operation was seen as a major blow to the Social Democrats. He is buried in the Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde.
Cabinet March 1920 - June 1920
- Hermann Müller (SPD) - Chancellor and Foreign Minister
- Dr. Erich Koch-Weser (DDP) - Vice Chancellor and Interior Minister
- Dr. Andreas Blunck (DDP) - Justice Minister
- Dr. Joseph Wirth (Centre Party) - Finance Minister
- Robert Schmidt (SPD) - Economics Minister
- Dr. Andreas Hermes (Centre Party) - Food Minister
- Dr. Alexander Schlicke (SPD) - Labour Minister
- Dr. Otto Gessler (DDP) - Defence Minister
- Dr. Johannes Bell (Centre Party) - Transportation Minister
- Johannes Giesberts (Centre Party) - Postal Minister
- Gustav Bauer (SPD) - Treasury Minister
- Dr. Eduard David (SPD) - Minister without Portfolio
Changes
- 10 April 1920 - Dr. Adolf Köster (SPD) succeeds Müller as Foreign Minister. Müller remains Chancellor.
- 1 May 1920 - Gustav Bauer succeeds Bell as Transportation Minister. Bauer remains Treasury Minister.
Cabinet June 1928 - March 1930
- Hermann Müller (SPD) - Chancellor
- Dr. Gustav Stresemann (DVP) - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Carl Severing (SPD) - Minister of the Interior
- Dr. Erich Koch-Weser (DDP) - Minister of Justice
- Dr. Rudolf Hilferding (SPD) - Minister of Finance
- Dr. Julius Curtius (DVP) - Minister of Economics
- Dr. Hermann Dietrich (DDP) - Minister of Food
- Rudolf Wissell (SPD) - Minister of Labour
- Wilhelm Groener - Minister of Defence
- Theodor von Guérard (Centre Party) - Minister of Transport and Occupied Territories
- Dr. Georg Schätzel (BVP) - Postal Minister
Changes
- 6 February 1929 - Schätzel succeeds von Guérard as Transportation Minister. Schätzel remains Postal Minister. Severing succeeds von Guérard as Occupied Territories Minister. Severing remains Interior Minister.
- 13 April 1929 - Von Guérard succeeds Koch-Weser as Justice Minister. Adam Stegerwald (Z) succeeds Schätzel as Transportation Minister. Schätzel remains Postal Minister. Joseph Wirth (Z) succeeds Severing as Occupied Territories Minister. Severing remains Interior Minister.
- 3 October 1929 - Stresemann dies. Curtius succeeds him as Foreign Minister.
- 11 November 1929 - Dr. Paul Moldenhauer (DVP) succeeds Curtius as Economics Minister. Curtius remains Foreign Minister.
- 21 December 1929 - Hilferding resigns as Finance Minister.
- 23 December 1929 - Moldenhauer becomes Finance Minister. Robert Schmidt (SPD) succeeds him as Economics Minister.
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| Preceded by Ulrich Graf von Brockdorff-Rantzau |
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1919–1920 |
Succeeded by Adolf Köster |
| Preceded by Gustav Bauer |
Chancellor of Germany 1920 |
Succeeded by Konstantin Fehrenbach |
| Preceded by Wilhelm Marx |
Chancellor of Germany 1928–1930 |
Succeeded by Heinrich Brüning |
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