Hermann Robert Dietrich (14 December 1879 – 6 March 1954) was a German politician of the liberal German Democratic Party and served as a minister during the Weimar Republic.[1]
Hermann Dietrich | |
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| Vice-Chancellor of Germany | |
| In office 30 March 1930 – 1 June 1932 | |
| Chancellor | Heinrich Brüning |
| Preceded by | Oskar Hergt (1928) |
| Succeeded by | Franz von Papen (1933) |
| Chairman of the German State Party | |
| In office 28 July 1930 – 28 June 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Party established |
| Succeeded by | Party abolished |
| Reich Minister of Finance | |
| In office 26 June 1930 – 1 June 1932 | |
| Chancellor | Heinrich Brüning |
| Preceded by | Heinrich Brüning (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk |
| Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture | |
| In office 28 June 1928 – 27 March 1930 | |
| Chancellor | Hermann Müller |
| Preceded by | Martin Schiele |
| Succeeded by | Martin Schiele |
| Member of the Reichstag | |
| In office 24 June 1920 – 7 July 1933 | |
| Constituency | DStP National List (1932-1933) Baden (1920-1932) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hermann Robert Dietrich 14 December 1879 Elzach, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire |
| Died | 6 March 1954 (aged 74) Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |
| Political party | German State Party |
| Other political affiliations | German Democratic Party (1918–1930) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Finance Minister of Germany
editIn 1930, Dietrich succeeded Paul Moldenhauer as Finance Minister of the Weimar Republic.[2][3] In the midst of the Great Depression, Dietrich became the "chief proponent" of government contracts in 1930[4] in an attempt to offset the drastic increase in unemployment.[5] Because the contracts were contingent on the reduction of prices, he and the Provisional National Economic Council had to authorise the reduction of wages in the German industrial community.[5]
Dietrich, along with the economists Heinrich Brüning and Adam Stegerwald, firmly believed that accelerating the pace of the agricultural sector at the cost of Germany's industrial capacity would solve unemployment.[5] He was initially opposed to the deflationary policy pushed by Brüning, but later changed his position and said it was a "necessary measure" along with the cut in civil workers' salaries.[6][7]
During President Paul von Hindenburg's bid for re-election, Dietrich was one of few elites in the cabinet barred from speaking at the president's candidacy campaigns for allegedly being "too far left".[8]
References
edit- ^ Frölich, Jürgen (2005). "'He served the German people well'. Der politische Weg Hermann Dietrichs vom badischen Nationalliberalen zum baden-württembergischen Freidemokraten". Zeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins (in German). 153: 619–640. ISSN 0044-2607.
- ^ "Dictator Plan for Germany is Postponed". Indianapolis Times. 27 June 1930. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ Saldern, Adelheid von (1966). Hermann Dietrich Ein Staatsmann der Weimarer Republik (in German). Boldt. p. 100. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ Meyer, Gerd (1991). Die deutsche Reparationspolitik von der Annahme des Young-Plans im Reichstag (12. März 1930) bis zum Reparationsabkommen auf der Lausanner Konferenz (9. Juli 1932) (in German). Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität. p. 28. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c Mommsen, Hans (1 March 1998). The Rise and Fall of Weimar Democracy. UNC Press Books. pp. 369, 308.
- ^ Stalmann, Volker (2009). Linksliberalismus in Preussen: die Sitzungsprotokolle der preussischen Landtagsfraktion der DDP und DStP 1919-1932 (in German). Droste. p. 1157. ISBN 978-3-7700-5288-2. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ Meier, Desiderius (19 April 2021). Hermann Dietrich: Bürgertum und Liberalismus in der Weimarer Republik (in German). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. XLIV. ISBN 978-3-11-068682-1. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ Mommsen, Hans (1 March 1998). The Rise and Fall of Weimar Democracy. UNC Press Books. p. 407.
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