von Papen, Franz

* 1879
  1969

Beruf
German politician

 

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after 1918 member of the Central Party
1920-28 and 1930-32, member of the Prussian House of Delegates
1932 Reichs Chancellor
after dismissal of the Prussian government, Reichs Commissar for Prussia
1933-34 Vice Chancellor under Hitler, in whose designation - as Chancellor Brüning - P. has played a key role
1934-44 Ambassador in Vienna and in Ankara
1946 released by the International Military Tribunal in Nürnberg
1947 sentenced to eight years of hard labor by a special tribunal; 1949 released in advance