Wilhelm Marx | |
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(b).jpg) Marx in 1923 | |
| Chancellor of Germany (Weimar Republic) | |
| In office 17 May 1926 – 28 June 1928 | |
| President | Paul von Hindenburg |
| Vice-Chancellor | Oskar Hergt |
| Preceded by | Hans Luther |
| Succeeded by | Hermann Müller |
| In office 30 November 1923 – 15 January 1925 | |
| President | Friedrich Ebert |
| Vice-Chancellor | Karl Jarres |
| Preceded by | Gustav Stresemann |
| Succeeded by | Hans Luther |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 10 January 1926 – 12 May 1926 | |
| Chancellor | Hans Luther |
| Preceded by | Josef Frenken |
| Succeeded by | Johannes Bell |
| Minister for the Occupied Territories | |
| In office 10 January 1926 – 12 May 1926 | |
| Chancellor | Hans Luther |
| Preceded by | Hans Luther |
| Succeeded by | Johannes Bell |
| Minister President of Prussia | |
| In office 18 February 1925 – 6 April 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Otto Braun |
| Succeeded by | Otto Braun |
| Leader of the Centre Party | |
| In office 17 January 1922 – 8 December 1928 | |
| Preceded by | Karl Trimborn |
| Succeeded by | Ludwig Kaas |
| Member of the Reichstag (Weimar Republic) | |
| In office 24 June 1920 – 10 June 1932 | |
| Constituency |
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| (German Empire) | |
| In office 2 March 1910 – 9 November 1918 | |
| Constituency | Köln 6 |
| Member of the Weimar National Assembly | |
| In office 6 February 1919 – 6 June 1920 | |
| Constituency | Düsseldorf-Ost |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wilhelm Marx 15 January 1863 Cologne, Prussia |
| Died | 5 August 1946 (aged 83) Bonn, Allied-occupied Germany |
| Political party | Centre |
| Spouse |
Johanna Verkoyen (m. 1891) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | University of Bonn |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Wilhelm Marx (15 January 1863 – 5 August 1946) was a German judge, politician and member of the Catholic Centre Party. During the Weimar Republic he was the chancellor of Germany twice, from 1923 to 1925 and from 1926 to 1928, and served briefly as the minister president of Prussia in 1925. With a total of 3 years and 73 days, he was the longest-serving chancellor during the Weimar Republic.
After being a member of the Reichstag of the German Empire for ten years, Marx was elected in 1919 to the Weimar National Assembly that drafted Germany's new constitution and then in 1920 to the Republic's Reichstag where he served until not long before the Nazi takeover. As chancellor he helped steer Germany through the crisis year of 1923 with its hyperinflation and rebellious state governments. The following year his government worked to end the immediate crisis over Germany's war reparations and then in 1927 successfully brought Germany into the League of Nations. His terms in office saw a number of progressive pieces of legislation pass, including family allowances for state employees and comprehensive unemployment insurance.
After resigning from the Reichstag in 1932, Marx worked with various civic organizations. He remained in Germany through the Nazi era and died in Bonn in 1946.