Otto Gessler

Otto Gessler
Gessler in the 1920s
Reich Minister of Defence
In office
27 March 1920 – 19 January 1928
ChancellorHermann Müller
Constantin Fehrenbach
Joseph Wirth
Wilhelm Cuno
Gustav Stresemann
Wilhelm Marx
Hans Luther
Preceded byGustav Noske
Succeeded byWilhelm Groener
Reich Minister of the Interior
Acting
23 October 1925 – 5 December 1925
ChancellorHans Luther
Preceded byMartin Schiele
Succeeded byWilhelm Külz
Reich Minister for Reconstruction
In office
25 October 1919 – 24 March 1920
ChancellorGustav Bauer
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byWalther Rathenau
Member of the Reichstag
In office
1920–1924
ConstituencyNational list
Personal details
Born(1875-02-06)6 February 1875
Ludwigsburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Died24 March 1955(1955-03-24) (aged 80)
Lindenberg im Allgäu, Bavaria, West Germany
Political partyGerman Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations
Progressive People's Party (1910-1918)
ProfessionPolitician

Otto Karl Gessler (or Geßler) (6 February 1875 – 24 March 1955) was a liberal German politician during the Weimar Republic. From 1910 until 1914, he was mayor of Regensburg and from 1913 to 1919 mayor of Nuremberg. He served in numerous Weimar cabinets, most notably as Reichswehrminister (Minister of Defence) from 1920 to 1928.