Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
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Johann Ludwig "Lutz" Graf Schwerin von Krosigk was a German senior government official who served as the minister of finance of Germany from 1932 to 1945 and de facto chancellor of Germany during May 1945.
Krosigk in 1932
The first meeting of Hitler's cabinet on 30 January 1933, with Krosigk standing third from left.
Clockwise from top left: Funk, Krosigk, Goebbels, Ribbentrop and Neurath salute at the Reichstag, 4 May 1941
Graf Schwerin von Krosigk on trial in Nürnberg
Chancellor of Germany
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The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the head of the federal government of Germany, and the commander-in-chief of the German Armed Forces during wartime. The chancellor is the chief executive of the Federal Cabinet and heads the executive branch. The chancellor is elected by the Bundestag on the proposal of the federal president and without debate.
Chancellor of Germany
Willy Brandt speaking at an SPD meeting in Dortmund, 1983
The cabinet bench in the Reichstag building (to the left of the flag) with the raised seat of the chancellor in the front row
Robert Habeck, the current Vice Chancellor of Germany