Heinrich Brüning
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Heinrich Aloysius Maria Elisabeth Brüning was a German Centre Party politician and academic, who served as the chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic from 1930 to 1932. His use of deflation
Brüning c. 1930
Brüning's first cabinet, March 1930
Chancellor Brüning (left) and Foreign Minister Julius Curtius (right) saying good-bye to British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald at Berlin Tempelhof Airport, July 1931.
Chancellor Brüning campaigning for Hindenburg's re-election, Berlin Sportpalast, March 1932
Hermann Müller was a German Social Democratic politician who served as foreign minister and was twice chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic.
Heinrich Brüning
…would ensure a balanced budget. This earned him President Paul von Hindenburg's attention. In March 1930, the grand coalition under the Social Democrat Hermann Müller collapsed. Hindenburg appointed Brüning chancellor on 29 March 1930. Brüning's financial and economic acumen combined with his openness to social…
Müller in 1928
The SPD Party Executive Committee in 1909. Müller stands second from right.
Müller's official Reichstag portrait, 1924
Müller's cabinet, June 1928. Standing, left to right: Hermann Dietrich, Rudolf Hilferding, Julius Curtius, Carl Severing, Theodor von Guérard, Georg Schätzel. Sitting: Erich Koch-Weser, Hermann Müller, Wilhelm Groener, Rudolf Wissell