Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner

Arthur Adolf, Count of Posadowsky-Wehner, Baron of Postelwitz (German: Arthur Graf von Posadowsky-Wehner Freiherr von Postelwitz, 3 June 1845 – 23 October 1932) was a German conservative statesman. He served as Secretary for the Treasury (1893–1897), Secretary of the Interior, Vice Chancellor of Germany and Prussian Minister of State (1897–1907).

Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner
Posadowsky-Wehner, photographed by Nicola Perscheid before 1930.
Vice Chancellor of the German Empire
In office
1 July 1897 – 24 June 1907
ChancellorChlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Bernhard von Bülow
Preceded byKarl Heinrich von Boetticher
Succeeded byTheobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
Secretary of State of the Interior
In office
1 July 1897 – 24 June 1907
ChancellorChlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Bernhard von Bülow
Preceded byKarl Heinrich von Boetticher
Succeeded byTheobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
Secretary of State of the Treasury
In office
1 July 1897 – 24 June 1907
ChancellorLeo von Caprivi
Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Preceded byHelmuth von Maltzahn
Succeeded byMax von Thielmann
Personal details
Born(1845-06-03)3 June 1845
Gross-Glogau, Province of Silesia, Prussia
Died23 October 1932(1932-10-23) (aged 87)
Naumburg, Province of Saxony, Prussia
NationalityGerman
Political partyGerman National People's Party
Spouse(s)Elise Moeller
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Berlin
University of Heidelberg
University of Breslau
OccupationLawyer

Born to Silesian nobility, the son of a judge, Posadowsky-Wehner studied law in Berlin, Heidelberg and Breslau and earned a doctorate in law in 1867. He subsequently acquired an agricultural property, and entered politics in 1871, when he became a member of the province government in Posen. In 1882 he became a member of the Parliament of Prussia, and was appointed Landeshauptmann of Posen in 1885.

Posadowsky was a crucial figure for the election reform in 1903. He took care of a new voting technique to protect the secrecy of the ballot for the German parliament.

Posadowsky-Wehner was the candidate of the German National People's Party for the Presidency of Germany in 1919, but he lost to Friedrich Ebert.

Honours

Publications
  • Über die Altersversorgung der Arbeiter (1883)
  • Geschichte des schlesischen adligen Geschlechtes der Grafen Posadowsky-Wehner, Freiherren von Postelwitz (1891)
  • Luxus und Sparsamkeit (1909)
  • Die Wohnungsfrage als Kulturproblem (1910)
  • Volk und Regierung im neuen Reich (1932)

References
  1. "Germany". The Times (36051). London. 29 January 1900. p. 6.
  2. "The German Emperor´s birthday". The Times (36676). London. 28 January 1902. p. 3.
Political offices
Preceded by
Karl Heinrich von Boetticher		 Vice Chancellor of Germany
1897–1907		 Succeeded by
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
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