The presidential cabinets were a succession of governments of the Weimar Republic whose legitimacy derived exclusively from presidential emergency decrees. From April 1930 to January 1933, three chanc
Heinrich Brüning, here pictured around 1930, led the first presidential cabinet from April 1930 to May 1932.
Franz von Papen, photographed in 1936 as German ambassador to Turkey
The appointment of Adolf Hitler, here pictured on a March 1933 cover of Time magazine, ended the era of presidential cabinets.
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1930 German federal election
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A federal election was held in Germany on 14 September 1930 to elect the fifth Reichstag of the Weimar Republic. Despite losing ten seats, the Social Democratic Party of Germany remained the largest p
SPD 1930 leadership
Adolf Hitler 1932
Ernst Thälmann 1932
Ludwig Kaas 1928 Crop