Friedrich Ludwig von Payer (12 June 1847 – 14 July 1931) was a German lawyer, liberal politician and the vice-chancellor of German Empire during the last year of World War I.
Friedrich von Payer | |
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Vice-Chancellor of the German Empire | |
In office 9 November 1917 – 10 November 1918 | |
Chancellor | Georg von Hertling, Maximilian of Baden, Friedrich Ebert |
Preceded by | Karl Helfferich |
Succeeded by | Eugen Schiffer |
Member of the Reichstag for Tübingen-Reutlingen | |
In office 1877–1878 | |
Member of the Reichstag for Tübingen-Reutlingen | |
In office 1880–1887 | |
Member of the Reichstag for Tübingen-Reutlingen | |
In office 1890–1918 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 June 1847 |
Died | 14 July 1931 | (aged 84)
Political party | DVP (1907-1909), FVP (1909-1918), DDP (1918-1931) |
He was born in Tübingen and was educated at the seminary at Blaubeuren, returning to his home town to study law in 1865. Having completed his university education, he worked as a lawyer in Stuttgart and was first elected to the Reichstag in 1877. He reached the height of his political career during the First World War during which he advocated a negotiated peace with the allied powers and was appointed vice-chancellor. After the war, he was chairman of the German Democratic Party and remained a member of the new Weimar Reichstag until 6 June 1920. Payer married Alwine Schöninger.
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