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| 1849 | Gagern, Heinrich Wilhelm August Freiherr von |  |
| 20th May Resigns after the King of Prussia refuses his offer to be an elected German Emperor frustrating Gagern's plan for non-revolutionary German unification
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| 1886 | Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| Resigns because Wilhelm I consults his cabinet chiefs without his knowledge
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| 1892 | Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| Following a legislative defeat on an educational bill, Caprivi resigns as Prussian Minister-President and is replaced by Count Botho zu Eulenburg
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| 1909 | Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| 14th July Berlin Resigns after his tax reforms are defeated in the Reichstag
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| 1916 | Falkenhayn, Eric von | |
| 29th Aug Forced to resign after the failure of Verdun
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| 1917 | Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von | |
| 13th July Berlin The passage of the Peace Resolution by an alliance of the Social Democratic, Progressive, and Center parties, forces his resignation and replacement by the political nonentity Georg Michaelis
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| 1918 | Baden, Max von | |
| 9th Nov Berlin Asked by Hindenburg to arrange an armistice but saved the indignity
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| 9th Nov Berlin Ebert, supported by the "Majority" Socialists, forces von Baden to resign
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| 9th Nov Resigns in favor of Friedrich Ebert, the second Empire is at an end
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| 1918 | Beseler, Hans von | |
| 18th Nov Resigns as the Military Governor of Poland
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| 1918 | Hertling, Georg von | |
| 30th Sep Berlin Resigns as Chancellor at the request of the German Generals
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| 1918 | Ludendorf, Erich von | |
| Oct Baden's government is strong enough to force Ludendorff's resignation
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| 1918 | Maximilian of Baden | |
| 9th Nov Berlin Resigns as Chancellor & Foreign Secretary
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| 1918 | Schroder, Ludwig von | |
| Nov Kiel Retires after orders to march against the Kiel Mutiny are countermanded
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| 1919 | Scheidemann, Phillip | |
| June Berlin Scheidemann resignes along with the DDP owing to disagreement with the Treaty of Versailles
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| 20th June Berlin Resigns rather than sign the treaty of Versailles
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| 1920 | Erzberger, Mathias | |
| Berlin Forced to resign after accusations of financial misdealing
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| 1920 | Harrer, Karl | |
| Resigns because he disagrees with Hitler's policy to hold party rallies
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| 1920 | Noske, Gustav | |
| Berlin Resigns after the Kapp Putsch
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| 1920 | Seeckt, Hans von | |
| 13th Mar Berlin Informs Noske the army will not fire on the free corps, Noske resigns
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| 1922 | Wirth, Karl Joseph | |
| 22nd Nov Dr. Wirth leaves office
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| 1923 | Cuno, Wilhelm Carl Josef | |
| 12th Aug Berlin Resigns due to the collapse of the German economy
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| 13th Aug Wilhelm Cuno (No party affiliation) leaves office
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| 1923 | Stressman, Gustav | |
| 23rd Nov Berlin Forced to resign after the Social Democrats leave the coalition
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| 30th Nov Berlin Dr Stresemann leaves office
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| 1926 | Luther, Hans | |
| 12th May Berlin Dr Luther leaves office over flag dispute
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| 1926 | Marx, Wihelm | |
| 15th Jan Dr Marx leaves office
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| Dec Resigns after Scheidemann reveals secret support between the German & Russian Armies
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| 1926 | Scheidemann, Philip | |
| Dec The government falls after Scheidemann exposes links between German & Russian Armies
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| 1927 | Marx, Wihelm | |
| 29th Jan Marx's 3rd cabinet leaves office
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| 1928 | Marx, Wihelm | |
| 19th June Marx's 4th cabinet leaves office
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| 1930 | Mueller, Herman | |
| Mar Berlin resigns over unemployment insurance funding
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| 1930 | Treviranus, Gottfried | |
| Resigns from the German Nationalist Party because of Hugenberg's alliance with Hitler
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| 1931 | Best, Werner | |
| Hesse Resigns after the Boxheim documents are found in his possession, Nazi blue-print
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| 1932 | Bruening, Heinrich | |
| 29th May Brning resigns after no longer having Hindenburg's support
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| 29th May Forced to resign by Hindenburg
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| 1932 | Papen, Franz von | |
| 6th Nov Hindenburg urges Papen's resignation
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| 3rd Dec Papen resigns after a failure to pass his plans for a "new state"
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| 3rd Dec Resigns after Schleicher deserts Papen because of his reactionary policies
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| 1932 | Schleicher, Kurt von | |
| 3rd Dec Deserts Papen & asks for Hindenburg to force his resignation
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| 1933 | Hugenberg, Alfred | |
| 29th June Berlin Resigns from the government
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| 1933 | Schleicher, Kurt von | |
| Berlin Resigns when Hindenburg refuses to proclaim a national emergency & call elections
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| 1937 | Beck, Ludwig | |
| 10th Nov Beck resigns 8 after the release of the Hossbach Memorandum
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| 1937 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| Dec Berlin Hitler accepts Schacht's resignation after he disagrees with Goering's policies
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| 1937 | Schacht, Horace Greeley Hjalmar | |
| 8th Dec Berlin Hitler accepts Schacht's resignation after he disagrees with Goering's policies
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| 1938 | Beck, Ludwig | |
| Urges Brauchitsch to plot against Hitler, resigns when Brauchitsch informs Hitler
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| 18th Aug Resigns over Hitler's policy on Czech, believes Germany is not equipped for war
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| 1938 | Blomberg, Werner von | |
| 25th Jan Blomberg resigns after Heydrich's SD exposes Blomberg's wife's record of prostitution
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| 4th Feb Blomberg's resignation comes into effect
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| 1938 | Fritsch, Werner Freiherr | |
| Resigns after charges of homosexuality & blackmail after opposition to army reforms
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| 1938 | Heydrich, Reinhard | |
| 25th Jan Blomberg resigns after Heydrich's SD exposes Blomberg's wife's record of prostitution
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| 1938 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 25th Jan Hitler uses Blomberg's resignation to become Commander-in-Chief
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| 1962 | Strauss, Franz Josef | |
| Bonn Resigns after a newspaper article accuses him of corruption
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| 1963 | Adenauer, Konrad | |
| Forced to resign after the Spiegel Affair
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| 1966 | Adenauer, Konrad | |
| Resigns as Chairman of the CDU, age 90
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| 1990 | Maiziere, Lothar de | |
| 17th Dec Berlin Resigns after allegations that he worked for the Stasi
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