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| 1929 | Party Leader |  |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Catholic Centre Party |
| 1930 | Article 48 |  |
| After an unpopular bill to reform the Reich's finances is left unsupported by the Reichstag, Hindenburg establishes the bill as an emergency decree based on Article 48 of the constitution |
| 1930 | Budget |  |
| Berlin Passes the Finance Bill by Presidential decree, cannot win a majority in the Reichstag |
| 1930 | Chancellor |  |
| Appointed Chancellor, owes position to the army & General Kurt von Schleicher |
| 29th Mar Chancellors Br]ing, Papen, Schleicher and Hitler are all Presidentially appointed dictatorships |
| 29th Mar Rhineland Heinrich Br]ing is appointed the successor of Chancellor M〕ler by Paul von Hindenburg after months of political lobbying by General Kurt von Schleicher on behalf of the military |
| 1930 | Constitution |  |
| After an unpopular bill to reform the Reich's finances is left unsupported by the Reichstag, Hindenburg establishes the bill as an emergency decree based on Article 48 of the constitution |
| 29th Mar Chancellors Br]ing, Papen, Schleicher and Hitler are all Presidentially appointed dictatorships |
| 29th Mar The new government is expected to lead a political shift towards conservatism, based on the emergency powers granted to the Reichsprгident by the constitution, since it had no majority support in the Reichstag |
| 1930 | Economy |  |
| Invokes article 48 to impose deflationary policies |
| 1930 | Election |  |
| 14th Sep After the election Br]ing attempts to reform the devastated state without a majority in Parliament, governing with the help of the President's emergency decrees |
| 1930 | Occupation Rhineland |  |
| 30th June Rhineland The last Allied troops leave the Rhineland |
| 1930 | Reichstag |  |
| 18th July A finance bill is defeated in the Reichstag with the support of the SPD, KPD, the NSDAP and DNVP, Br]ing submits to the Reichstag the president's decree that it will be dissolved |
| 1930 | Vote Confidence |  |
| Berlin Bruening is defeated & an election is called for September |
| Berlin The Reichstag rejects Bruening's actions in passing the finance bill |
| 1930 | Weimar Republic |  |
| After an unpopular bill to reform the Reich's finances is left unsupported by the Reichstag, Hindenburg establishes the bill as an emergency decree based on Article 48 of the constitution |
| 29th Mar Chancellors Br]ing, Papen, Schleicher and Hitler are all Presidentially appointed dictatorships |
| 29th Mar The new government is expected to lead a political shift towards conservatism, based on the emergency powers granted to the Reichsprгident by the constitution, since it had no majority support in the Reichstag |
| 30th June Rhineland The last Allied troops leave the Rhineland |
| 18th July A finance bill is defeated in the Reichstag with the support of the SPD, KPD, the NSDAP and DNVP, Br]ing submits to the Reichstag the president's decree that it will be dissolved |
| 14th Sep After the election Br]ing attempts to reform the devastated state without a majority in Parliament, governing with the help of the President's emergency decrees |
| 1931 | Chancellor |  |
| 13th Oct Berlin Appointed Chancellor of Germany |
| 1931 | Minister of Foreign Affairs |  |
| 13th Oct Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1932 | Resignation |  |
| 29th May Br]ing resigns after no longer having Hindenburg's support |
| 29th May Forced to resign by Hindenburg |