Joseph Wirth
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| Order: | 14th Chancellor of Germany |
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| Term of Office: | May 10, 1921 - November 14, 1922 |
| Predecessor: | Konstantin Fehrenbach |
| Successor: | Wilhelm Cuno |
| Date of Birth: | September 6, 1879 |
| Date of Death: | January 3, 1956 |
| Political Party: | Catholic Center Party |
| Profession: | mathematician |
Dr. Karl Joseph Wirth (September 6, 1879–January 3, 1956) was a German Catholic Centre politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1921 to 1922. Along with his foreign minister, Walther Rathenau, Wirth set out to follow a policy of "fulfillment" with respect to Germany's reparations in order to show that Germany was incapable of payment.
First Cabinet, May - October 1921
- Joseph Wirth (Z) - Chancellor and Finance Minister
- Gustav Bauer (SPD) - Vice Chancellor and Treasury Minister
- Friedrich Rosen - Foreign Minister
- Georg Gradnauer (SPD) - Interior Minister
- Robert Schmidt (SPD) - Economics Minister
- Heinrich Brauns (Z) - Labour Minister
- Eugen Schiffer (DDP) - Justice Minister
- Otto Gessler (DDP) - Defence Minister
- Wilhelm Gröner - Transport Minister
- Andreas Hermes (Z) - Food Minister
Changes
- May 29, 1921 - Walther Rathenau (DDP) enters the cabinet as Reconstruction Minister.
Second Cabinet, October 1921 - November 1922
- Joseph Wirth (Z) - Chancellor and Foreign Minister
- Gustav Bauer (SPD) - Vice Chancellor
- Adolf Köster (SPD) - Interior Minister
- Andreas Hermes (Z) - Finance Minister and Food Minister
- Robert Schmidt (SPD) - Economics Minister
- Heinrich Brauns (Z) - Labour Minister
- Gustav Radbruch (SPD) - Justice Minister
- Otto Gessler (DDP) - Defence Minister
- Johannes Giesberts (Z) - Postal Minister
- Wilhelm Groener - Transport Minister
Changes
- February 1, 1922 - Walther Rathenau (DDP) succeeds Wirth as Foreign Minister. Wirth remains Chancellor
- March 10, 1922 - Anton Fehr (Bavarian Peasants' League) succeeds Hermes as Food Minister. Hermes remains Finance Minister.
- June 24, 1922 - Upon Rathenau's assassination, Wirth again becomes Foreign Minister.
| Preceded by: Konstantin Fehrenbach | Chancellor of Germany 1921–1922 | Succeeded by: Wilhelm Cuno |
| Preceded by: (first term) Friedrich Rosen | Minister of Foreign Affairs 1921–1922, 1922 | Succeeded by: (first term) Walther Rathenau |
| Preceded by: (second term) Walther Rathenau | Succeeded by: (second term) Hans von Rosenberg |