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Matthias Erzberger

1875 - 1921

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Matthias Erzberger (20 September 1875 – 26 August 1921) was a politician of the Catholic Centre Party, member of the Reichstag and minister of finance of Germany from 1919 to 1920. Erzberger was first elected to the Reichstag of the German Empire in 1903. During the early years of World War I he supported Germany's position enthusiastically but later became a leading opponent of unrestricted submarine warfare and proposed the successful 1917 Reichstag peace resolution, which called for a negotiated peace without annexations. In November 1918 he headed the German delegation to negotiate an end to the war with the Allies and was one of the signatories of the Armistice of 11 November 1918. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matthias Erzberger is the 3,855th most popular politician (down from 2,938th in 2019), the 990th most popular biography from Germany (down from 785th in 2019) and the 283rd most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Matthias Erzberger ranks 3,855 out of 19,576. Before him are Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Al-Muhtadi, Imagawa Yoshimoto, 3rd Dalai Lama, Eric Adams, and Yury of Moscow. After him are Constantius Gallus, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, Taira no Kiyomori, Oleksandr Turchynov, Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, and Munmu of Silla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Matthias Erzberger ranks 35. Before him are Giovanni Gentile, William D. Leahy, Henri Lebesgue, Antonio Machado, Anatoly Lunacharsky, and Paul Landowski. After him are Zhang Zuolin, Mihály Károlyi, Albert Marquet, Nobuyuki Abe, Sisowath Monivong, and Rudolf von Sebottendorf. Among people deceased in 1921, Matthias Erzberger ranks 24. Before him are Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Alexander Blok, Engelbert Humperdinck, Mykola Leontovych, and Eugen Dühring. After him are William II of Württemberg, Ignác Goldziher, Julius Richard Petri, Hermann Schwarz, Karl von Bülow, and Oscar Montelius.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Matthias Erzberger ranks 990 out of 7,253. Before him are Hartmann von Aue (1160), Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831), Horst Buchholz (1933), Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (1788), Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1671), and Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (1528). After him are Karl Rahner (1904), Wolfgang Overath (1943), Joost van den Vondel (1587), Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777), Therese Neumann (1898), and Bettina von Arnim (1785).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Matthias Erzberger ranks 283. Before him are Julius Schreck (1898), Prince Henry of Prussia (1862), Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671), Agnes of Merania (1175), Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1671), and Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (1528). After him are Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521), Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907), Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), and Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920).

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