First Müller cabinet
The first Müller cabinet, headed by Chancellor Hermann Müller of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), was the third democratically elected government of Germany and the second in office after the Weimar Constitution came into force in August 1919. The cabinet was based on the same three centre-left parties as the preceding Bauer cabinet: the SPD, Centre Party and German Democratic Party (DDP), a grouping known as the Weimar Coalition. It was formed on 27 March 1920 after the government of Gustav Bauer (SPD) resigned as a result of the unsuccessful Kapp Putsch, which it was seen as having handled badly.
First Cabinet of Hermann Müller | |
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3rd Cabinet of Weimar Germany | |
| 27 March 1920 – 8 June 1920 (until 21 June 1920 as caretaker government) | |
Members of cabinet | |
| Date formed | 27 March 1920 |
| Date dissolved | 21 June 1920 (2 months and 25 days) |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Friedrich Ebert |
| Chancellor | Hermann Müller |
| Vice-Chancellor | Erich Koch-Weser |
| Member parties | Social Democratic Party Centre Party German Democratic Party |
| Status in legislature | Weimar Coalition 331 / 423 (78%) |
| Opposition parties | German National People's Party Independent Social Democratic Party German People's Party |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 1919 federal election |
| Legislature term(s) | Weimar National Assembly |
| Predecessor | Bauer cabinet |
| Successor | Fehrenbach cabinet |
The Ruhr uprising, which broke out in the aftermath of the putsch, took place during the cabinet's time in office. It was suppressed with considerable loss of life by units of the Reichswehr and the Freikorps.
The first Müller cabinet resigned in reaction to the poor showing of its constituent parties in the Reichstag election of 6 June 1920 but remained in office through 21 June in a caretaker capacity. The Fehrenbach cabinet, headed by the Centre Party, took over on 25 June.