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Heinrich Brüning

1885 - 1970

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Heinrich Aloysius Maria Elisabeth Brüning (pronounced [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈbʁyːnɪŋ] ; 26 November 1885 – 30 March 1970) was a German Centre Party politician and academic, who served as the chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic from 1930 to 1932. A political scientist and Christian social activist, he entered politics in the 1920s and was elected to the Reichstag in 1924. In 1930, he was appointed interim chancellor, just as the Great Depression took hold. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Brüning has received more than 802,426 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Brüning is the 2,124th most popular politician (down from 1,957th in 2019), the 594th most popular biography from Germany (down from 555th in 2019) and the 158th most popular German Politician.

Heinrich Brüning was the Chancellor of Germany from 1930 to 1932. He is most famous for trying to fix the German economy in the early 1930s by cutting government spending and raising taxes.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Heinrich Brüning ranks 2,124 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Empress Suiko, Chilperic II, Konstantin Päts, François Darlan, and August Bebel. After him are Zhu De, Alboin, Taksin, Ebrahim Raisi, Milan I of Serbia, and Peroz I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Heinrich Brüning ranks 26. Before him are Ernst Bloch, George de Hevesy, Sonia Delaunay, Vladimir Tatlin, Yakov Sverdlov, and D. H. Lawrence. After him are Karl Radek, George Minot, Sabina Spielrein, Alexander Löhr, Heinrich Hoffmann, and Sinclair Lewis. Among people deceased in 1970, Heinrich Brüning ranks 32. Before him are Jochen Rindt, Andrey Yeryomenko, Napoleon Hill, Vladimir Propp, Artem Mikoyan, and Bruce McLaren. After him are Frances Farmer, Bourvil, Arthur Adamov, John Dos Passos, Władysław Anders, and Fritz Perls.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Brüning ranks 594 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Ziegler (1898), Nina Hagen (1955), August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767), Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743), Ludwig Tieck (1773), and August Bebel (1840). After him are Karl Gebhardt (1897), August Horch (1868), Willy Messerschmitt (1898), Fritz Walter (1920), Bruno Bauer (1809), and Polykarp Kusch (1911).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Heinrich Brüning ranks 158. Before him are Albert, King of Sweden (1340), Johannes Rau (1931), Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817), Walter Scheel (1919), Roman Herzog (1934), and August Bebel (1840). After him are Julia Drusilla (16), Wolfgang Schäuble (1942), Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819), Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801), Hermann Müller (1876), and Hermann von Salza (1170).

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