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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 766,181 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Heinrich Brüning is the 1,963rd most popular politician (down from 1,906th in 2019), the 555th most popular biography from Germany (down from 547th in 2019) and the 149th 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 1,963 out of 15,577Before him are Magnus the Good, Damdin Sükhbaatar, Nicolas Fouquet, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Eric the Victorious, and Yakov Sverdlov. After him are Princess Isabella of Parma, Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, Richard II, Duke of Normandy, Injong of Joseon, Ram Nath Kovind, and Jeongjong, 3rd monarch of Goryeo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Heinrich Brüning ranks 25Before him are D. H. Lawrence, Vladimir Tatlin, Mikhail Frunze, George de Hevesy, Ernst Bloch, and Yakov Sverdlov. After him are Sonia Delaunay, Karl Radek, Sabina Spielrein, Erich von Stroheim, Luigi Russolo, and Tomoyuki Yamashita. Among people deceased in 1970, Heinrich Brüning ranks 30Before him are Rudolf Carnap, C. V. Raman, Jochen Rindt, Eric Berne, Vladimir Propp, and Bruce McLaren. After him are Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, Artem Mikoyan, Andrey Yeryomenko, Bourvil, Fritz Perls, and Frances Farmer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Brüning ranks 555 out of 6,142Before him are Hugh of Saint Victor (1096), Hermann Staudinger (1881), Ernst Bloch (1885), Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (1847), Karl Ziegler (1898), and Kurt Meyer (1910). After him are Erich Hoepner (1886), Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750), Hans von Seeckt (1866), and Elisabeth of Wied (1843).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Heinrich Brüning ranks 149Before him are Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841), Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075), Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655), Ananda Mahidol (1925), Albert the Bear (1100), and Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (1847). After him are Rupert, King of Germany (1352), John of Saxony (1801), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551), Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738), Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907), and Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839).