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| In office September 13, 1949 – September 12, 1959 |
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| Preceded by | Position established Karl Dönitz (Third Reich) |
| Succeeded by | Heinrich Lübke |
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| Born | January 31, 1884 Brackenheim, Germany |
| Died | December 12, 1963 (aged 79) Stuttgart, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Progressive People's Party (1910-1918) German Democratic Party (1918-1933) Free Democratic Party (1948-1963) |
| Spouse | "Elly" Heuss-Knapp (1881-1952) |
| Religion | Protestant |
Theodor Heuss (January 31, 1884 - December 12, 1963) was a German politician. The President of Germany (deutscher Bundespräsident is Germany 's Head of state. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Karl Dönitz (ˈdøːnɪts) (16 September 1891 &ndash 24 December 1980 was a German naval Commander who served Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The Allied powers who defeated Nazi Germany in World War II divided the country west of the Oder-Neisse line into four occupation zones for administrative Heinrich Lübke ( October 14, 1894 – April 6, 1972) was President of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany from 1959 to Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stuttgart (ˈʃtʊtgaɐ̯t is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Progressive People's Party ( Fortschrittliche Volkspartei or FVP) was a liberal party of late Imperial Germany. The German Democratic Party, or Deutsche Demokratische Partei (DDP was founded by leaders of the former Progressive People's Party (Fortschrittliche The Free Democratic Party ( Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP is a liberal Political party in Germany. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. He was the first person elected to a regular term as President of the Federal Republic of Germany. West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (
Heuss was born in Brackenheim, near Heilbronn. Brackenheim is a town in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Heilbronn (haɪlˈbʁɔn is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany He studied art history and state studies in Munich and Berlin. Art history is the Academic study of objects of Art in their Historical development and stylistic contexts i Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. He received his doctorate in 1905 in Munich. In 1908 he married Elly Heuss-Knapp (1881-1952), with whom he had a son. After his studies he worked as a political journalist and presided over the magazine Die Hilfe ("The Help") in Berlin, from 1905 until 1912. From 1912 to 1918 he was editor in chief of the Neckarzeitung (Neckar Newspaper) in Heilbronn. The Neckar is a 367-km long River, mainly flowing through the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, but also a short section through Hesse In Berlin, he worked as editor for the weekly newsletter Deutsche Politik ("German Politics"). In 1910 he joined the Progressive People's Party (Fortschrittliche Volkspartei), in which he was engaged until 1918. The Progressive People's Party ( Fortschrittliche Volkspartei or FVP) was a liberal party of late Imperial Germany. Between 1923 and 1926 he published the magazine Die Deutsche Nation ("The German Nation"). Heuss became a member of the German Democratic Party (Deutsche Demokratische Partei, DDP), the political heir of the Fortschrittliche Volkspartei, in 1918 and was a member of parliament in the Reichstag from 1924 to 1928 and from 1930 to 1933. The German Democratic Party, or Deutsche Demokratische Partei (DDP was founded by leaders of the former Progressive People's Party (Fortschrittliche The Reichstag ( German for "Imperial Diet " was the Parliament of the Holy Roman Empire, the North German Confederation,
In 1933, along with his fellow DDP parliamentarians, Heuss voted in favour of the Enabling Act (Ermächtigungsgesetz), granting Adolf Hitler quasi-dictatorial powers. The Enabling Act ( in German) was passed by the Reichstag ( Germany 's parliament on March 23, 1933 and signed Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Following the end of his term in the Reichstag when Germany became a one-party state, he returned to private life. A single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a type of Party system Government in which a single Political party During the Third Reich he stayed in contact with a network of liberals, leading to contacts with the German resistance towards the end of the war, but he was not an active resister. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The German Resistance refers to those individuals and groups in Nazi Germany who opposed the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1945
After World War II Heuss was the first Minister of Culture in Baden-Württemberg. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1946 and 1947 he taught history at the Technische Hochschule (Technical College) Stuttgart. History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology Stuttgart (ˈʃtʊtgaɐ̯t is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. As co-founder of the Democratic People's Party (Demokratische Volkspartei), which is now the Free Democratic Party of Germany's regional branch in the state of Baden-Württemberg, he was a member of the Württemberg-Baden state parliament from 1946 to 1949. The Free Democratic Party ( Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP is a liberal Political party in Germany. Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. Württemberg-Baden is a former state of Federal Republic of Germany. In 1948, Heuss was named honorary professor (which is a superior title in Germany) at the Technische Hochschule Stuttgart. In December 1948, he was elected head of West German and Berlin sections of the newly founded Free Democratic Party of Germany (Freie Demokratische Partei). The Free Democratic Party ( Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP is a liberal Political party in Germany. He advocated uniting all the liberal parties in the Western occupation zones, overcoming the split between right liberals and left liberals that existed in the Weimar Republic. In 1948 he was a member of the Parliamentary Council (Parlamentarischer Rat) with considerable influence on the Grundgesetz, the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Parlamentarischer Rat (parliamentary council was a predecessor of the West German Bundestag. The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland is the Constitution of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
After being elected to the first German Bundestag, he relinquished his parliamentary mandate in September 1949, when he was elected President by the Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung) defeating the Social Democrat leader Kurt Schumacher. The Bundestag ("Federal Diet " or "Lower House of German Parliament" is the Parliament of Germany. The President of Germany (deutscher Bundespräsident is Germany 's Head of state. The Federal Assembly (aka Federal Convention Bundesversammlung is a special body in the institutional system of Germany, convened solely for the purpose of electing Dr Kurt Schumacher (13 October 1895 - 20 August 1952 was the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1945 to 1952 In 1954 he was re-elected with no opposition and held office until September 1959. He declined a third term in office, as this would have necessitated changing the constitution.
Heuss shaped the office of president by his non-partisan governing. As a representative of the democratic-liberal and cultural traditions of Germany, he was a symbol of confidence in the German post-war republic in the international community. His state visits contributed greatly to the increase of appreciation toward the still young Federal Republic of Germany. "Official visit" redirects here For the Yes Minister episode see " The Official Visit " He was opposed to re-armament and the founding of the new West German Army in 1955, but had no power to stop it. His ironic speech at the swearing in of the first new soldiers, "Nun siegt mal schön!" ("Happy war-winning!"), is well remembered.
In 1959 Heuss was awarded the prestigious Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels). The Peace Prize of the German Book Trade ( Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels) is an international peace prize given yearly at the Frankfurt Book Fair in the In 1963, he died in Stuttgart. Since 1964, the Theodor-Heuss-Prize has been awarded for exemplary democratic disposition. Heuss's former residence is now open to the public as the Theodor-Heuss-Haus. His image appeared on one series of the two-mark coin. main - title Coin keywords numismatics coin review The Airbus which is used by the President of Germany is named in his honour.
External links
- dhm.de - Museum of German History (German)
- stiftung-heuss-haus.de - Foundation Theodor-Heuss-Haus (German)
- bundespraesident.de Office of the President (German) (English)
| Preceded by Karl Dönitz (Reichspräsident) |
President of Germany 1949–1959 |
Succeeded by Heinrich Lübke |
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| NAME | Heuss, Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | President of the Federal Republic of Germany |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brackenheim, Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1963 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Stuttgart, Germany |
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