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Walther Rathenau

1867 - 1922

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Walther Rathenau (German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈʁaːtənaʊ]; 29 September 1867 – 24 June 1922) was a German industrialist, writer and politician who served as foreign minister of Germany from February 1922 until his assassination in June 1922. Rathenau was one of Germany's leading industrialists in the late German Empire. During World War I, he played a key role in the organisation of the German war economy and headed the War Raw Materials Department from August 1914 to March 1915. After the war, Rathenau was an influential figure in the politics of the Weimar Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walther Rathenau is the 2,422nd most popular politician (down from 1,716th in 2019), the 642nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 472nd in 2019) and the 180th most popular German Politician.

Walther Rathenau was a German industrialist and statesman who was assassinated in 1922. He was most famous for being the first foreign minister of the Weimar Republic.

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Among politicians, Walther Rathenau ranks 2,422 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Itoku, Prajadhipok, Theodoric II, Guntram, Empress Lü, and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. After him are Sekhemkhet, Hugh, Count of Vermandois, Seleucus II Callinicus, Charles Edward Stuart, Isaac Herzog, and Emperor Huizong of Song.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Walther Rathenau ranks 24. Before him are Natsume Sōseki, Władysław Reymont, Maxime Weygand, Prince Maximilian of Baden, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, and Enrique Granados. After him are Stanley Baldwin, Umberto Giordano, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rubén Darío, Kurt Eisner, and Percy Fawcett. Among people deceased in 1922, Walther Rathenau ranks 13. Before him are Enver Pasha, Erich von Falkenhayn, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Ernest Shackleton, Djemal Pasha, and Hermann Rorschach. After him are Albert I, Prince of Monaco, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Ernest Solvay, Georges Sorel, Vittorio Monti, and Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walther Rathenau ranks 642 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), Anneliese Michel (1952), Gabriele Münter (1877), Kurt Student (1890), Rudolf von Jhering (1818), and Hans von Bülow (1830). After him are Aby Warburg (1866), Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738), Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732), John of Saxony (1801), Wilhelm Marx (1863), and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Walther Rathenau ranks 180. Before him are Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (1837), Gustav Heinemann (1899), Robert Ritter von Greim (1892), Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892), Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908), and Elsa Einstein (1876). After him are Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738), John of Saxony (1801), Wilhelm Marx (1863), Heinrich Lübke (1894), Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617), and Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862).

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