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Hans Luther (10 March 1879 – 11 May 1962) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 politician
Politician

A politician is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed....
 and Chancellor of Germany
Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)

The head of government of the German Reich was called Reich Chancellor or short Chancellor from 1871 until 1945. This designation stems from the German chancellor tradition from the Middle Ages and the early modern era....
.

Born in Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
, Luther started in politics in 1907 by becoming the town councillor in Magdeburg
Magdeburg

Magdeburg , the Capital of the States of Germany of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
. He continued on becoming secretary of the German Städtetag in 1913 and then mayor of Essen in 1918. In December 1922, Chancellor Wilhelm Cuno
Wilhelm Cuno

Wilhelm Cuno was a Germany politician who was the Chancellor of Germany from 1922 to 1923. He was born in Suhl, Province of Saxony. Cuno's government is best known for its passive resistance of the French occupation of the Ruhr Area ....
 appointed Luther minister of Food and Agriculture.

He kept his position in 1924 when Wilhelm Marx
Wilhelm Marx

Wilhelm Marx was a Germany Lawyer, Catholic politician and a member of the Catholic Centre Party....
 became Chancellor.






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Hans Luther (10 March 1879 – 11 May 1962) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 politician
Politician

A politician is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed....
 and Chancellor of Germany
Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)

The head of government of the German Reich was called Reich Chancellor or short Chancellor from 1871 until 1945. This designation stems from the German chancellor tradition from the Middle Ages and the early modern era....
.

Born in Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
, Luther started in politics in 1907 by becoming the town councillor in Magdeburg
Magdeburg

Magdeburg , the Capital of the States of Germany of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
. He continued on becoming secretary of the German Städtetag in 1913 and then mayor of Essen in 1918. In December 1922, Chancellor Wilhelm Cuno
Wilhelm Cuno

Wilhelm Cuno was a Germany politician who was the Chancellor of Germany from 1922 to 1923. He was born in Suhl, Province of Saxony. Cuno's government is best known for its passive resistance of the French occupation of the Ruhr Area ....
 appointed Luther minister of Food and Agriculture.

He kept his position in 1924 when Wilhelm Marx
Wilhelm Marx

Wilhelm Marx was a Germany Lawyer, Catholic politician and a member of the Catholic Centre Party....
 became Chancellor. In 1925, he was appointed Chancellor of Germany, but Marx resumed office the following year. Luther also briefly served as acting President of Germany
President of Germany

The President of Germany is Germany's head of state.After the abdication of Wilhelm II, German Emperor in 1918 and the promulgation of the Weimar Constitution, the President of Germany was Head of State in Germany....
 following the death of Friedrich Ebert
Friedrich Ebert

Friedrich Ebert was a German politician , who served as Chancellor of Germany of Germany and its first President of Germany during the Weimar Republic period....
.

In 1930, Hans Luther was made president of Reichsbank
Reichsbank

The Reichsbank was the central bank of Germany from 1876 until 1945. It was founded on 1 January 1876 . The Reichsbank was a privately owned central bank of Prussia, under close control by the Reich government....
. Soon after he was made German ambassador
Ambassador

An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents their country. They are usually accredited to a Sovereignty or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of their country....
 to the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, a position he held from 1933 to 1937, after which he retired.

In 1933 Luther, lectured at the Columbia University
Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
 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. After Luther's speech, Butler held a reception in his honor.

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

He died in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf

D?sseldorf is the capital city of the Germany state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an economic centre of Germany. The city is situated on the River Rhine and has a high population density - the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area has over 10 million inhabitants alone....
.

Hans Luther's First Cabinet, January - December 1925

  • Hans Luther, Chancellor
  • Gustav Stresemann
    Gustav Stresemann

    was a German liberal politician and statesman who served as Chancellor of Germany and Foreign Minister of Germany during the Weimar Republic. He was co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926....
     (DVP
    German People's Party

    The German People's Party was a Liberalism-nationalist party in Germany.It was essentially the right wing of the old National Liberal Party , and was formed in the early days of the Weimar Republic, led by Gustav Stresemann....
    ), Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Martin Schiele (DNVP), Minister of the Interior
  • Otto von Schlieben (DNVP), Minister of Finance
  • Albert Neuhaus (DNVP), Minister of Economics
  • Heinrich Brauns (Z
    Centre Party (Germany)

    The German Centre Party was a Catholic political party in Germany during the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. The party dissolved itself on 5 July, 1933 as a condition of the conclusion of Reichskonkordat between the Holy See and Germany....
    ), Minister of Labour
  • Josef Frenken (Z), Minister of Justice
  • Otto Geßler (DDP
    German Democratic Party

    The German Democratic Party, or Deutsche Demokratische Partei , was founded by leaders of the former Progressive People's Party and the left wing of the National Liberal Party in the early days of the Weimar Republic....
    ), Minister of Defence
  • Karl Stingl (BVP
    Bavarian People's Party

    The Bavarian People's Party was the Bavarian branch of the Catholic Centre Party, which broke off from the rest of the party in 1919 to pursue a more conservative, more Catholic, more Bavarian particularist course....
    ), Minister of Posts
  • Rudolf Krohne (DVP), Minister of Transport
  • Gerhard Graf von Kanitz, Minister of Food


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)

  • Hans Luther, Chancellor
  • Gustav Stresemann
    Gustav Stresemann

    was a German liberal politician and statesman who served as Chancellor of Germany and Foreign Minister of Germany during the Weimar Republic. He was co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926....
     (DVP), Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Wilhelm Külz
    Wilhelm Külz

    Wilhelm K?lz was a Germany politician . In 1926 he was interior minister of the Weimar Republic. After 1945 he took actively part in establishing the LDPD....
     (DDP), Minister of the Interior
  • Peter Reinhold (DDP), Minister of Finance
  • Julius Curtius
    Julius Curtius

    Julius Curtius was Foreign Minister of Germany from October, 1929 to October 1931. Curtius was a member of the center-right German People's Party and worked closely with Heinrich Br?ning to revise the Treaty of Versailles in Germany's favor....
     (DVP), Minister of Economics
  • Heinrich Brauns (Z), Minister of Labour
  • Wilhelm Marx
    Wilhelm Marx

    Wilhelm Marx was a Germany Lawyer, Catholic politician and a member of the Catholic Centre Party....
     (Z), Minister of Justice
  • Otto Geßler (DDP), Minister of Defence
  • Karl Stingl (BVP), Minister of Posts
  • Rudolf Krohne (DVP), Minister of Transport
  • Heinrich Haslinde (Z), Minister of Food


See also

  • Martin Luther
    Martin Luther (diplomat)

    Martin Franz Julius Luther was an early member of the Nazi Party. He served as an advisor to Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, first in the Dienststelle Ribbentrop , and later in the Ausw?rtiges Amt as a diplomat when von Ribbentrop replaced Konstantin von Neurath....
     (1895–1945), German diplomat