Franz von Papen
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| + | Son of Friedrich Franz Michael von Papen and Anna Laura von Steffens, wealthy Westphalian Catholic landowners, Franz von Papen was educated as an officer, attending various military schools, to the Bensberg Cadet Academy, from 1891 to 1895, and in the Lichtenfelder Military Academy from 1895 to 1898, where he took advantage from the nearness to Berlin to visit regularly the city museums and theatres. He then chose to join the cavalry, entering Dusseldorf Cavalry School in 1898, commissionned to the 5th Westphalian Uhlan regiment, stationed in Dusseldorf. Trained as a lancer, he then went to the Hanover Cavalry Riding School in 1902, spending a lot of time in England. After his wedding with Martha von Boch-Gelbau in 1905 and the birth of his first daughter, he then pursued his ambition of entering the Great General Staff, finally managing to enter the Berlin Staff Academy in 1908, selected along with 150 other young officers for a trial period in April 1911, being exposed to the theories of military writer Friedrich von Bernhardi. In 1913, Papen completed his training and was promoted captain, and soon afterwards named as military attaché to USA and Mexico, arriving in the first country in January 1914, and observing the Mexican Revolution. He was returned at Washington D.C. then the [[Weltkrieg]] broke out. | ||
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[[Image:3398771.jpg|thumb|200px|Franz von Papen as ambassador to United States, attending a reception in New York, 1929]] | [[Image:3398771.jpg|thumb|200px|Franz von Papen as ambassador to United States, attending a reception in New York, 1929]] | ||
| - | * Military attaché to | + | * Military attaché to [[United States]] and [[Mexico]] (1913-1916) |
* German ambassador to Dublin, [[Ireland]] (1921-1923) | * German ambassador to Dublin, [[Ireland]] (1921-1923) | ||
* German ambassador to Rome, [[Italian Federation]] (1923-1925) | * German ambassador to Rome, [[Italian Federation]] (1923-1925) | ||
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* German ambassador to Washington D.C., [[United States]] (1927-1930) | * German ambassador to Washington D.C., [[United States]] (1927-1930) | ||
* State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (1930-1934) | * State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (1930-1934) | ||
| - | * Member of Parliament for | + | * Member of Parliament for Westphalia (1931-...) |
* Chancellor of the German Empire (1934-...) | * Chancellor of the German Empire (1934-...) | ||
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== Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||
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| + | The Reichkanzler has 4 siblings and married Martha von Boch-Galbau in May 1905, daughter of a wealthy industrialist: together, they had five children: Antoinette (born in 1906), Isabella, Margaret, Friedrich Franz and Stephanie Marie Antoinette. | ||
[[Category: Heads of government]] [[Category:People]] [[Category:German-related topics]] [[Category:Mitteleuropa]] | [[Category: Heads of government]] [[Category:People]] [[Category:German-related topics]] [[Category:Mitteleuropa]] | ||
Revision as of 12:36, 24 January 2008
Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen (born in October, 29 1879 at Werl, Germany) is a German politician. After years of service within the German diplomacy, mainly as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, he succeeded Generalfeldmarschall Oskar von Hutier is his office of German Reichkanzler after the latter's fatal disease. Since June, 1 1934, Franz von Papen is the tenth and current Reichkanzler of the German Empire, thus head of the government of one of the most powerful countries in the world.
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Biography
Before the Weltkrieg
Son of Friedrich Franz Michael von Papen and Anna Laura von Steffens, wealthy Westphalian Catholic landowners, Franz von Papen was educated as an officer, attending various military schools, to the Bensberg Cadet Academy, from 1891 to 1895, and in the Lichtenfelder Military Academy from 1895 to 1898, where he took advantage from the nearness to Berlin to visit regularly the city museums and theatres. He then chose to join the cavalry, entering Dusseldorf Cavalry School in 1898, commissionned to the 5th Westphalian Uhlan regiment, stationed in Dusseldorf. Trained as a lancer, he then went to the Hanover Cavalry Riding School in 1902, spending a lot of time in England. After his wedding with Martha von Boch-Gelbau in 1905 and the birth of his first daughter, he then pursued his ambition of entering the Great General Staff, finally managing to enter the Berlin Staff Academy in 1908, selected along with 150 other young officers for a trial period in April 1911, being exposed to the theories of military writer Friedrich von Bernhardi. In 1913, Papen completed his training and was promoted captain, and soon afterwards named as military attaché to USA and Mexico, arriving in the first country in January 1914, and observing the Mexican Revolution. He was returned at Washington D.C. then the Weltkrieg broke out.
Weltkrieg
Hot spot ambassador
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Reichkanzler
Political career
- Military attaché to United States and Mexico (1913-1916)
- German ambassador to Dublin, Ireland (1921-1923)
- German ambassador to Rome, Italian Federation (1923-1925)
- German ambassador to Hyderabad, Princely Federation (1925-1927)
- German ambassador to Washington D.C., United States (1927-1930)
- State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (1930-1934)
- Member of Parliament for Westphalia (1931-...)
- Chancellor of the German Empire (1934-...)
Papen's cabinet June, 1 1934 - ...
- Franz von Papen - Chancellor
- Count Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg - State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
- Hans von Seeckt - State Secretary for War, Chief of the German General Staff
- Count Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff - State Secretary for Interior
- Hjalmar Schacht - State Secretary for Finance
- Count Johann Schwerin von Krosigk - State Secretary for Economics and Labour
- Ernst Trendelenburg - State Secretary for Justice
- Ludwig von Reuter - State Secretary for Navy, Commander of Kaiserliche Marine
- Hermann Göring - Staathalter of Freistaat Mittelafrika
- Alexander von Falkenhausen - Governor of Allgemeine Ostasiatische Gesellschaft
Personal life
The Reichkanzler has 4 siblings and married Martha von Boch-Galbau in May 1905, daughter of a wealthy industrialist: together, they had five children: Antoinette (born in 1906), Isabella, Margaret, Friedrich Franz and Stephanie Marie Antoinette.
