Hans Luther

German chancellor (1879-1962)

• Born: 1879-03-10 (Berlin)
• Died: 1962-05-11 (Düsseldorf)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: banker; diplomat; lawyer; politician
• Member of political party: German People's Party
• Member of: ATV Ditmarsia Kiel; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• Participant in: Judges' Trial (date: 1947-06-13; role: affiant)
• Significant person: Franz Schlegelberger (role: colleague)
• Position held: Reich Chancellor in the Weimar Republic (period: 1925-01-15 through 1926-05-12; replaced by: Wilhelm Marx; replaces: Wilhelm Marx); Reich Minister of Finance (member of cabinet: First Luther cabinet, First Marx cabinet, Second Marx cabinet, Second Stresemann cabinet; period: 1923-10-06 through 1923-11-30, 1923-11-30 through 1924-05-26, 1924-05-27 through 1924-12-15, 1925-10-26 through 1926-01-20; replaced by: Hans Luther, Otto von Schlieben, Peter Reinhold; replaces: Hans Luther, Otto von Schlieben, Rudolf Hilferding); Reich Minister of Justice (period: 1925-11-21 through 1925-12-05; replaced by: Wilhelm Marx; replaces: Josef Frenken); ambassador; justice minister; mayor
• Employer: Deutsche Reichsbahn
• Educated at: Humboldt University of Berlin; University of Geneva; University of Kiel
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/18014285
• ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000080976943
• WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n86027924
• Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86027924