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Hugo Preuß

1860 - 1925

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Hugo Preuß (Preuss) (28 October 1860 – 9 October 1925) was a German lawyer and liberal politician. He was the author of the draft version of the constitution that was passed by the Weimar National Assembly and came into force in August 1919. He based it on three principles: all political authority belongs to the people; that the state should be organized on a federal basis; and that the Reich should form a democratic Rechtsstaat (state based in law) within the international community. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Preuß is the 10,347th most popular politician (down from 9,965th in 2019), the 2,956th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,895th in 2019) and the 875th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hugo Preuß ranks 10,347 out of 19,576. Before him are Francesco Donato, John Morley, Ronald Inglehart, Hazem El Beblawi, George Mouzalon, and Ramón José Velásquez. After him are Boun Oum, Kamehameha IV, Mehmed III Giray, Mohammed al-Shaykh, Staffan de Mistura, and Julia Major.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Hugo Preuß ranks 75. Before him are Simon Dubnow, Katō Takaaki, Manuel Teixeira Gomes, André Prévost, Max von Oppenheim, and Emil von Reznicek. After him are Edward MacDowell, William Bates, Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas, Johannes Thiele, Kaarlo Castrén, and Albert Kahn. Among people deceased in 1925, Hugo Preuß ranks 74. Before him are Anna Schäffer, Stefan Żeromski, Fanny Bullock Workman, Princess Françoise of Orléans, Johan August Brinell, and Louis Feuillade. After him are Charles Mangin, Yevgenia Bosch, Antonio Maura, Grigory Kotovsky, Francis Darwin, and Bajram Curri.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hugo Preuß ranks 2,958 out of 7,253. Before him are Andreas Werckmeister (1645), Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal (1667), Hans von Kulmbach (1476), Hanns Martin Schleyer (1915), Heinrich Barkhausen (1881), and Anton Flettner (1885). After him are Oliver Hirschbiegel (1957), Nicole Brown Simpson (1959), Bruno Lüdke (1908), Ulrich Graf (1878), Gerardus Vossius (1577), and Albrecht Brandi (1914).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Hugo Preuß ranks 875. Before him are Guido Westerwelle (1961), Marie of Baden-Sponheim (1507), Otto Rühle (1874), Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1462), Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1897), and Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal (1667). After him are Bernhard Kellermann (1879), Sophie of Brandenburg (1568), Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1709), Johann Fust (1400), John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt (1383), and Georg I, Count of Württemberg-Mömpelgard (1498).

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