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Wilhelm Cuno

1876 - 1933

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Wilhelm Carl Josef Cuno (2 July 1876 – 3 January 1933) was a German businessman and politician who was the chancellor of Germany from 1922 to 1923 for a total of 264 days. His tenure included the beginning of the occupation of the Ruhr by French and Belgian troops and the period in which inflation in Germany accelerated towards hyperinflation. After beginning his career in the civil service, Cuno helped organize Germany's food supply during the early years of World War I before he went to work for the Hamburg America shipping company in 1917. Because of his economic expertise, he was involved in a number of important post-war negotiations with the victorious Allies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Cuno is the 3,098th most popular politician (down from 2,895th in 2019), the 803rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 776th in 2019) and the 225th most popular German Politician.

Wilhelm Cuno was the German Chancellor from 1922-1923. He is most famous for being the Chancellor of Germany during the hyperinflation that occurred in the early 1920s.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wilhelm Cuno ranks 3,098 out of 19,576. Before him are Naram-Sin of Akkad, Sinatruces of Parthia, Georg Michaelis, Wang Zhaojun, Safi of Persia, and Qazi Muhammad. After him are Gaius Calpurnius Piso, Princess Louise of Prussia, Hissène Habré, Eric I of Denmark, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Victor.

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Among people born in 1876, Wilhelm Cuno ranks 30. Before him are Wied, Prince of Albania, Willis Carrier, Elsa Einstein, Dragutin Dimitrijević, Bruno Walter, and Maxim Litvinov. After him are Max Jacob, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Kim Koo, Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Walter Sydney Adams, and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Among people deceased in 1933, Wilhelm Cuno ranks 13. Before him are John Galsworthy, 13th Dalai Lama, Mohammed Nadir Shah, Paul Ehrenfest, Jimmie Rodgers, and Sándor Ferenczi. After him are Nikolai Yudenich, Annie Besant, Anatoly Lunacharsky, Paul Painlevé, Knud Rasmussen, and Stefan George.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Cuno ranks 803 out of 7,253. Before him are Peter Parler (1330), Albert Göring (1895), Andreas Baader (1943), Jürgen Prochnow (1941), Johann Joachim Becher (1635), and Georg Ernst Stahl (1659). After him are Princess Louise of Prussia (1838), David Strauss (1808), Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840), Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1120), James Last (1929), and Rudolf Otto (1869).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Wilhelm Cuno ranks 225. Before him are Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1914), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784), Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801), Artur Axmann (1913), Anthony of Saxony (1755), and Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828). After him are Princess Louise of Prussia (1838), Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1120), Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722), Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700), Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (1865), and Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851).

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