The cabinet under Paul Hirsch from the MSPD existed from November 12, 1918 to March 25, 1919. One MSPD and one USPD man were assigned to each department. The USPD members left the cabinet on January 4, 1919. It was finally replaced by a new cabinet after a Prussian State Assembly was elected.
On November 9, 1918, the last Imperial Chancellor, Max von Baden, announced prematurely that Kaiser and King William II had abdicated. Max, unconstitutionally, transferred the office of German Chancellor to Friedrich Ebert, the leader of the German Majority Social Democrats. On November 10, Ebert formed the Council of the People's Deputies (German: Rat der Volksbeauftragten) as a revolutionary transitional body at the Federal level and became one of two chairmen of the council.[1]
As Max von Baden was not Prussian Prime Minister, he was unable to give Ebert the premiership at the same time. The majority of the Prussian State Ministry wanted to resign on November 8th, but after the King's abdication was declared the next day, he could no longer accept their resignations. The Prussian cabinet, therefore, remained in office, similar to the state secretaries at the Federal level.[2]
On November 9th, Reich Chancellor Ebert instructed the Prussian leader of the MSPD Paul Hirsch to ensure peace and order. The Prussian Interior MinisterBill Drews confirmed this instruction with his own power of attorney to Hirsch. According to Ernst Rudolf Huber, Hirsch briefly became "Federal and Prussian State Commissioner".[1]
^ abHuber, Ernst Rudolf (1978). Deutsche Verfassungsgeschichte seit 1789: Weltkrieg, Revolution und Reichserneuerung, 1914-1919. 1. Aufl. 1978 (in German). Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer. pp. 1003–1004. ISBN978-3-17-001055-0. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^Vondenhoff, Christoph (2001). Hegemonie und Gleichgewicht im Bundesstaat: Preussen 1867-1933 : Geschichte eines hegemonialen Gliedstaates (in German). Bonn: Shaker. pp. 28–31. ISBN978-3-8265-5815-3. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
April 14, 2024
prussian, revolutionary, cabinet, prussian, revolutionary, cabinet, provisional, state, government, prussia, from, november, 1918, march, 1919, based, coalition, majority, social, democrats, mspd, independent, social, democrats, uspd, council, people, deputies. The Prussian Revolutionary Cabinet was the provisional state government of Prussia from November 14 1918 to March 25 1919 It was based on a coalition of Majority Social Democrats MSPD and Independent Social Democrats USPD as was the Council of the People s Deputies which was formed at the Reich level The Prussian cabinet was revolutionary because it was not formed on the basis of the previous Prussian constitution of 1848 1850 Prussian Revolutionary CabinetCabinet of the Free State of Prussia1918 1919Co President HirschDate formedNovember 14 1918Date dissolvedMarch 25 1919 4 months 1 week and 4 days People and organisationsMinister PresidentPaul HirschHeinrich StrobelHistoryPredecessorHertling cabinetSuccessorHirsch cabinetThe cabinet under Paul Hirsch from the MSPD existed from November 12 1918 to March 25 1919 One MSPD and one USPD man were assigned to each department The USPD members left the cabinet on January 4 1919 It was finally replaced by a new cabinet after a Prussian State Assembly was elected Contents 1 History 2 Cabinet members 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesHistory editThe Kingdom of Prussia was by far the most important member state in the monarchical federal state and remained so even after the German Revolution of 1918 1919 Prussia and the German Empire were linked to each other in many ways the German Chancellor was also the Prussian Prime Minister and many state secretaries were Prussian ministers Prussia was the dominant power in the German Bundesrat which benefited the German Chancellor On November 9 1918 the last Imperial Chancellor Max von Baden announced prematurely that Kaiser and King William II had abdicated Max unconstitutionally transferred the office of German Chancellor to Friedrich Ebert the leader of the German Majority Social Democrats On November 10 Ebert formed the Council of the People s Deputies German Rat der Volksbeauftragten as a revolutionary transitional body at the Federal level and became one of two chairmen of the council 1 As Max von Baden was not Prussian Prime Minister he was unable to give Ebert the premiership at the same time The majority of the Prussian State Ministry wanted to resign on November 8th but after the King s abdication was declared the next day he could no longer accept their resignations The Prussian cabinet therefore remained in office similar to the state secretaries at the Federal level 2 On November 9th Reich Chancellor Ebert instructed the Prussian leader of the MSPD Paul Hirsch to ensure peace and order The Prussian Interior Minister Bill Drews confirmed this instruction with his own power of attorney to Hirsch According to Ernst Rudolf Huber Hirsch briefly became Federal and Prussian State Commissioner 1 Cabinet members editPortfolio Minister Took office Left office PartyMinister PresidentsPaul HirschNovember 14 1918March 25 1919 SPDHeinrich StrobelNovember 14 1918January 4 1919 USPDMinister of FinanceAlbert Sudekum de November 14 1918March 25 1919 SPDHugo SimonNovember 14 1918January 4 1919 USPDMinister of ScienceKonrad HaenischNovember 14 1918March 25 1919 SPDAdolph HoffmannNovember 14 1918January 4 1919 USPDMinister of JusticeKurt RosenfeldNovember 14 1918January 4 1919 SPDWolfgang HeineNovember 27 1918March 25 1919 USPDMinister of TradeOtto FischbeckNovember 14 1918March 25 1919 GDDMinister of Public WorksWilhelm HoffNovember 14 1918March 25 1919 N AMinister of Interior AffairsPaul HirschNovember 14 1918March 25 1919 SPDRudolf BreitscheidNovember 16 1918January 4 1919 USPDMinister of WarHeinrich ScheuchNovember 14 1918 a January 2 1919 N AWalther ReinhardtJanuary 3 1919March 25 1919 N AMinister of AgricultureOtto BraunNovember 14 1918March 25 1919 SPDAdolf HoferNovember 14 1918January 4 1919 USPDPolice Chief of BerlinEmil EichhornNovember 16 1918January 3 1919 USPDEugen ErnstJanuary 4 1919March 25 1919 SPDMinister of State without specific area Eugen ErnstNovember 16 1918January 3 1919 SPDSee also editPrussian State MinistryNotes edit Heinrich Scheuch was the only member of the Hertling cabinet to continue into the Prussian Revolutionary Cabinet References edit a b Huber Ernst Rudolf 1978 Deutsche Verfassungsgeschichte seit 1789 Weltkrieg Revolution und Reichserneuerung 1914 1919 1 Aufl 1978 in German Stuttgart W Kohlhammer pp 1003 1004 ISBN 978 3 17 001055 0 Retrieved 1 February 2024 Vondenhoff Christoph 2001 Hegemonie und Gleichgewicht im Bundesstaat Preussen 1867 1933 Geschichte eines hegemonialen Gliedstaates in German Bonn Shaker pp 28 31 ISBN 978 3 8265 5815 3 Retrieved 1 February 2024 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Prussian Revolutionary cabinet amp oldid 1218157240, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
