Third Marx cabinet

Third Cabinet of Wilhelm Marx
14th Cabinet of Weimar Germany
17 May 1926 – 17 December 1926 (until 29 January 1927 as caretaker government)
Chancellor Wilhelm Marx
Date formed	17 May 1926 (1926-05-17)
Date dissolved	29 January 1927 (1927-01-29) (8 months and 12 days)
People and organisations
President	Paul von Hindenburg
Chancellor	Wilhelm Marx
Member parties	Centre Party German People's Party German Democratic Party Bavarian People's Party
Status in legislature	Minority coalition government 171 / 493 (35%)
Opposition parties	Communist Party Nazi Party
History
Election	December 1924 federal election
Legislature term	3rd Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Predecessor	Second Luther cabinet
Successor	Fourth Marx cabinet

The third Marx cabinet, headed by Wilhelm Marx of the Centre Party, was the 14th democratically elected government during the Weimar Republic. On 17 May 1926 it replaced the second Luther cabinet after the resignation of Chancellor Hans Luther (independent) four days earlier. The Reichstag had passed a vote of censure against him for supporting a decree that permitted flying a German trade flag with the colours of the former German Empire in certain mostly overseas locations. The new Marx cabinet was a four-party centrist minority government.

The cabinet came into office facing high unemployment and dwindling cash reserves, but the economy had improved considerably by the time it resigned. It opposed a referendum on the expropriation of Germany's princes, which failed to pass in the popular vote. On the international front, Germany obtained a permanent seat on the Council of the League of Nations and regained some of its lost sovereignty after negotiating the withdrawal of the Military Inter-Allied Commission of Control.

Marx and his cabinet resigned on 17 December 1926 as a result of anger in the Reichstag over secret activities by the German military. It remained in office as a caretaker government until Marx formed his fourth cabinet on 29 January 1927.