Karl Jarres

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Karl Jarres

Karl Jarres (21 September, 1874 - 20 October, 1951) was a politician of the German People's Party

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....
(Deutsche Volkspartei, or DVP

DVP

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) during the Weimar Republic

Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic was the democracy and republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933. Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in November 1918....
. Jarres was born in the city of Remscheid

Remscheid

Remscheid is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is, after Wuppertal and Solingen, the third largest municipality in Bergisches Land, being located on the northern edge of the region, on south side of the Ruhr area....
. Rhenish Prussia, and after legal studies in Bonn

University of Bonn

The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in 1818 the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany....
as a young adult, pursued an administrative career. He was mayor of his native Remscheid from 1910 until 1914 and was subsequently the mayor of Duisburg

Duisburg

Duisburg is a Germany city in the western part of the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an independent metropolitan borough within D?sseldorf ....
, located in the Ruhr

Ruhr

The Ruhr is a medium-size river in western Germany , a right tributary of the Rhine....
region, from 1914 until 1933.

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Karl Jarres (21 September, 1874 - 20 October, 1951) was a politician of the German People's Party

German People's Party

DVP

Weimar Republic

Remscheid

University of Bonn

Duisburg

Duisburg is a Germany city in the western part of the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an independent metropolitan borough within D?sseldorf ....
, located in the Ruhr

Ruhr

The Ruhr is a medium-size river in western Germany , a right tributary of the Rhine....
region, from 1914 until 1933. During the Weimar period he served as Interior Minister and Vice Chancellor in the cabinets of 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....
and Wilhelm Marx

Wilhelm Marx

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

Jarres was the candidate of the DVP in the 1925 German Presidential election

German presidential election, 1925

The presidential election of 1925 was the first direct election to the office of Reichspr?sident , Germany's head of state during the 1919-1933 Weimar Republic....
, the first direct election to the office of President of the Reich

Reichspräsident

The Reichspr?sident was the Germany head of state during the period of the 1919-1934 Weimar Republic and the title was later briefly revived in 1945....
(Reichspräsident). In the first round of the election he received the largest number of votes with over ten million and his plurality

Plurality

In voting, a plurality is the largest number of Voting to be received by any candidate or proposition when three or more choices are possible. With only two choices the winner would have a majority, barring a strong showing from a write-in....
was at nearly 39%. The next major candidates were Otto Braun

Otto Braun

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of the Social Democrats

Social Democratic Party of Germany

The Social Democratic Party of Germany is Germany's oldest political party. After World War II, under the leadership of Kurt Schumacher, the SPD reestablished itself as an ideological party, representing the interests of the working class and the trade unions....
with nearly eight million votes (29%) and Wilhelm Marx

Wilhelm Marx

Wilhelm Marx was a Germany Lawyer, Catholic politician and a member of the Catholic Centre Party....
of the Catholic Center Party with nearly four million votes (14.5%). Jarres withdrew his candidacy in the second round of voting in favor of Paul von Hindenburg

Paul von Hindenburg

Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg , known universally as Paul von Hindenburg was a German Generalfeldmarschall and statesman....
who would go on to win the closely fought second round of elections against Marx and Ernst Thälmann

Ernst Thälmann

Ernst Th?lmann was the leader of the Communist Party of Germany during much of the Weimar Republic. He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1933 and held in solitary confinement for eleven years, before being shot in Buchenwald concentration camp on Adolf Hitler's orders in 1944....
, the candidate of the Communist Party of Germany

Communist Party of Germany

The Communist Party of Germany was a major political party in Germany between 1918 and 1933, and a minor party in West Germany in the postwar period....
(KPD).

Jarres was shunted out of public life with the rise the Nazi party in 1933 and spent the rest of his career in industry.