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Also known as Philipp Heinrich Scheidemann

German politician (1865-1939)

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Philipp Scheidemann was a German politician who lived from 1865 to 1939 and played a significant role in his country's early twentieth-century history. He is particularly remembered for his involvement in Germany's transition from monarchy to democracy during and after World War I.

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Born
1865
Died
1939
Works
13

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Type
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Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1865
Active to
1939

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Total plays
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President
Friedrich Ebert
Deputy
Eugen Schiffer , Bernhard Dernburg
Preceded by
Friedrich Ebert ( de facto )
Succeeded by
Gustav Bauer
Chancellor
Friedrich Ebert
Serving with
Friedrich Ebert
1919 1920
Weimar National Assembly
Born
Philipp Heinrich Scheidemann , 26 July 1865, Kassel , Electorate of Hesse , German Confederation
Died
29 November 1939 (aged 74), Copenhagen , Denmark
Party
SPD (1883–1939)
Spouse
Johanna Dibbern
Children
Lina, Liese, Hedwig

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Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1979-122-29A, Philipp Scheidemann.jpg
Number of children
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Philipp Scheidemann
date of birth
1865-07-26
date of death
1939-11-29
name in native language
Philipp Scheidemann
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Philipp Heinrich Scheidemann (26 July 1865 – 29 November 1939) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). In the first quarter of the 20th century, he played a leading role in both his party and in the young Weimar Republic. During the German Revolution of 1918–1919 that broke out after Germany's defeat in World War I, Scheidemann proclaimed a German Republic from a balcony of the Reichstag building. In 1919, he was elected Reich Minister President by the National Assembly meeting in Weimar to write a constitution for the republic. He resigned the office the same year due to a lack of unanimity in the cabinet on whether or not to accept the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.

Scheidemann continued to be a member of the Reichstag until 1933 and served as mayor of his native city of Kassel from 1920 to 1925. After Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power in 1933, he went into exile because he was considered one of the "November criminals" held to be responsible for Germany's defeat in the war and the collapse of the German Empire. While in exile, he wrote extensively about German politics. He died in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1939.

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