Fourth Cabinet of Wilhelm Marx | |
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 15th Cabinet of Weimar Germany | |
| 29 January 1927 – 12 June 1928 (until 28 June 1928 as caretaker government) | |
 Members of the cabinet | |
| Date formed | 29 January 1927 |
| Date dissolved | 28 June 1928 (1 year, 4 months and 30 days) |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Paul von Hindenburg |
| Chancellor | Wilhelm Marx |
| Vice Chancellor | Oskar Hergt |
| Member parties | Centre Party German People's Party Bavarian People's Party German National People's Party |
| Status in legislature | Minority coalition government 242 / 493 (49%) |
| Opposition parties | Communist Party Nazi Party |
| History | |
| Election | December 1924 federal election |
| Legislature term | 3rd Reichstag of the Weimar Republic |
| Predecessor | Third Marx cabinet |
| Successor | Second Müller cabinet |
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The fourth Marx cabinet, headed by Wilhelm Marx of the Centre Party, was the 15th democratically elected government during the Weimar Republic. On 29 January 1927 it replaced the third Marx cabinet, which had resigned after information concerning clandestine operations by Germany's armed forces, the Reichswehr, had come to light.
The governing coalition was made up of four right of centre parties. It cooperated with the Reichswehr in keeping silent about its prohibited activities and passed important labour laws that required overtime pay for more than eight hours of work in a day. In its efforts to finalise a school law left open by the Weimar Constitution, the cabinet was unable to find consensus, and the coalition broke apart.
The fourth Marx cabinet resigned on 12 June 1928 but stayed on as a caretaker government until 28 June. The second cabinet of Hermann Müller of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) took office the next day.