First Wirth cabinet

The first Wirth cabinet, headed by Chancellor Joseph Wirth of the Centre Party, was the fifth democratically elected government of the Weimar Republic. On 10 May 1921 it replaced the Fehrenbach cabinet, which had resigned as a result of differing opinions among its members over the payment of war reparations to the Allied powers. It was based on the Weimar Coalition made up of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Centre Party and the German Democratic Party (DDP).

First Cabinet of Joseph Wirth

5th Cabinet of Weimar Germany
10 May 1921 – 22 October 1921
(until 26 October 1921 as caretaker government)
Chancellor Joseph Wirth
Date formed10 May 1921 (1921-05-10)
Date dissolved26 October 1921 (1921-10-26)
(5 months and 16 days)
People and organisations
PresidentFriedrich Ebert
ChancellorJoseph Wirth
Vice-ChancellorGustav Bauer
Member partiesCentre Party
Social Democratic Party
German Democratic Party
Status in legislatureWeimar Coalition
Minority coalition government
216 / 469(46%)
Opposition partiesGerman National People's Party
Independent Social Democratic Party
Communist Party of Germany
History
Election(s)1920 federal election
Legislature term(s)1st Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
PredecessorFehrenbach cabinet
SuccessorSecond Wirth cabinet

The cabinet won the Reichstag's approval for the Allies' reparations demands and began the war crimes trials required by the Treaty of Versailles. It resigned on 22 October 1921 in protest over the partition of Silesia by the League of Nations following the Upper Silesia plebiscite. The cabinet stayed on as a caretaker government until it was replaced on 26 October by a second cabinet led by Wirth.

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