Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner

Politician

1845 – 1932

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Who was Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner?

Arthur, Count of Posadowsky-Wehner, Baron of Postelwitz was a German conservative politician and statesman. He served as Secretary for the Treasury, Secretary of the Interior, Vice Chancellor of Germany and Prussian Minister of State.

Born to Silesian nobility, the son of a judge, Posadowsky-Wehner studied law in Berlin, Heidelberg and Breslau and earned a doctorate in law in 1867. He subsequently acquired an agricultural property, and entered politics in 1871, when he became a member of the province government in Posen. In 1882 he became a member of the Parliament of Prussia, and was appointed Landeshauptmann of Posen in 1885.

Posadowsky-Wehner was the candidate of the German National People's Party for the Presidency of Germany in 1919, but he lost to Friedrich Ebert.

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Born
Jun 3, 1845
Głogów
Religion
  • Lutheranism
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Education
  • Wrocław University
  • Humboldt University of Berlin
  • Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
Died
Oct 23, 1932
Naumburg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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