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Kurt von Schleicher

1882 - 1934

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Kurt Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann von Schleicher (pronounced [ˈkʊʁt fɔn ˈʃlaɪçɐ] ; 7 April 1882 – 30 June 1934) was a German military officer and the penultimate chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic. A rival for power with Adolf Hitler, Schleicher was murdered by Hitler's Schutzstaffel during the Night of the Long Knives in 1934. Schleicher was born into a military family in Brandenburg an der Havel on 7 April 1882. Entering the Prussian Army as a lieutenant in 1900, he rose to become a General Staff officer in the Railway Department of the German General Staff and served in the General Staff of the Supreme Army Command during World War I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt von Schleicher has received more than 2,115,458 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Kurt von Schleicher is the 900th most popular politician (down from 860th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Germany (down from 244th in 2019) and the 70th most popular German Politician.

Kurt von Schleicher was a German general and politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1932 to 1933. He was appointed Chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg, and served until Adolf Hitler took power in 1933.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kurt von Schleicher ranks 900 out of 19,576. Before him are Mahfiruz Hatun, János Kádár, Sukjong of Joseon, Cleopatra II of Egypt, Childeric I, and Fahd of Saudi Arabia. After him are Louis VI of France, Friedrich Ratzel, Charles XV of Sweden, Xiang Yu, Gordian I, and Basil II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Kurt von Schleicher ranks 16. Before him are Georgi Dimitrov, Emmy Noether, Abdullah I of Jordan, Ion Antonescu, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, and Günther von Kluge. After him are Abd el-Krim, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Percy Williams Bridgman, Melanie Klein, Getúlio Vargas, and Princess Margaret of Connaught. Among people deceased in 1934, Kurt von Schleicher ranks 9. Before him are Lev Vygotsky, Fritz Haber, Edward Elgar, Ernst Röhm, Albert I of Belgium, and Raymond Poincaré. After him are Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Sergey Kirov, Nestor Makhno, Engelbert Dollfuss, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, and Gregor Strasser.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Kurt von Schleicher ranks 250 out of 7,253. Before him are Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), Leopold von Ranke (1795), Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), Simone Signoret (1921), Albert Kesselring (1885), and Alexandra Feodorovna (1872). After him are Friedrich Ratzel (1844), Heinrich von Kleist (1777), Heinrich Müller (1900), Valentinian II (371), Wilhelm Canaris (1887), and Isabeau of Bavaria (1370).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Kurt von Schleicher ranks 70. Before him are Eduard Bernstein (1850), Walter Ulbricht (1893), Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), and Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016). After him are Friedrich Ratzel (1844), Valentinian II (371), Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808), Arnulf of Carinthia (850), Konstantin von Neurath (1873), and Wilm Hosenfeld (1895).

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