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Heinrich Sahm | |
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President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig | |
In office 6 December 1920 – 10 January 1931 | |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | Ernst Ziehm |
Mayor of Berlin | |
In office 14 April 1931 – 9 December 1935 | |
Preceded by | Arthur Scholz |
Succeeded by | Oskar Maretzky |
German Ambassador to Norway | |
In office 11 May 1936 – 3 October 1939 | |
Preceded by | Heinrich Rohland |
Succeeded by | Curt Bräuer |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 September 1877 Anklam, Province of Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
Died | 3 October 1939 Oslo, Norway | (aged 62)
Political party | Nazi Party |
Spouse | Dorothea (Dora) |
Profession | Lawyer, Politician, and Diplomat |
Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Martin Sahm (12 September 1877 – 3 October 1939) was a German lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was the mayor of Danzig (today, Gdańsk) from 1919 and President of the Senate (head of government and chief of state) of the Free City of Danzig under League of Nations mandate from 1920 to 1931. Subsequently, he served as mayor of Berlin until 1935, and joined the Nazi Party in 1933. From 1936 until his death, Sahm served as the ambassador of the German Reich to Norway.