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Joseph Wirth

1879 - 1956

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Karl Joseph Wirth (German pronunciation: [kaʁl ˈjoːzɛf ˈvɪʁt]; 6 September 1879 – 3 January 1956) was a German politician of the Catholic Centre Party who was chancellor of Germany from May 1921 to November 1922, during the early years of the Weimar Republic. He was also minister of four government departments between 1920 and 1931 (Foreign Affairs, Finance, Interior, and Occupied Territories). Wirth was strongly influenced by Christian social teaching throughout his political career. He was named chancellor in May 1921 when Germany was facing difficult negotiations with the Allies of World War I over German war reparations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Wirth is the 3,940th most popular politician (down from 2,954th in 2019), the 1,026th most popular biography from Germany (down from 791st in 2019) and the 295th most popular German Politician.

Joseph Wirth was a German politician and economist. He is most famous for being the first Minister of Economics in the Weimar Republic.

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Among politicians, Joseph Wirth ranks 3,940 out of 19,576. Before him are Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Sigeric, Sher Shah Suri, Mieszko II Lambert, Nikolai Ryzhkov, and Abdur Rahman Khan. After him are Qi of Xia, Emperor Keikō, Guo Jia, Robert III of Worms, William III of Sicily, and Mihály Károlyi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Joseph Wirth ranks 36. Before him are Knud Rasmussen, Henri Giraud, Karl Bühler, Hans Lammers, E. M. Forster, and Ali of Hejaz. After him are Hans Hahn, Victor Sjöström, Wanda Landowska, Max Schreck, Fritz Haarmann, and Bedřich Hrozný. Among people deceased in 1956, Joseph Wirth ranks 37. Before him are Wilhelm Miklas, Alexander Dovzhenko, Walter Sydney Adams, Elisabeth of Romania, Daniel Swarovski, and Alfredo Ferrari. After him are August Kubizek, Yakub Kolas, Jan Łukasiewicz, Gianpiero Combi, Gustave Charpentier, and Lyonel Feininger.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joseph Wirth ranks 1,026 out of 7,253. Before him are Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747), Oswald Pohl (1892), Florian Geyer (1490), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), Ernst Kretschmer (1888), and Günther Lütjens (1889). After him are Günther Prien (1908), Anna Magdalena Bach (1701), Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940), Joseph Karl Stieler (1781), Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783), and Henri Victor Regnault (1810).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Joseph Wirth ranks 295. Before him are Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), Zwentibold (870), Gustav Radbruch (1878), Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747), Oswald Pohl (1892), and Florian Geyer (1490). After him are Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940), John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604), Wilhelm Gustloff (1895), Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria (1831), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (1774), and Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1831).

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