Hans Luther

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Hans Luther
Chancellor of Germany
In office January 15, 1925 – May 12, 1926
Preceded by	Wilhelm Marx
Succeeded by	Wilhelm Marx

Born	10 March 1885
Died	11 May 1962
Political party	None
Profession	lawyer

Hans Luther (10 March 1885–11 May 1962) was a German politician and Chancellor of Germany.

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 become 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 following the death of Friedrich Ebert.

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

[edit] Hans Luther's First Cabinet, January - December 1925

Hans Luther, Chancellor
Gustav Stresemann (DVP), 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), Minister of Labour
Josef Frenken (Z), Minister of Justice
Otto Geßler (DDP), Minister of Defence
Karl Stingl (BVP), 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