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Wilhelm Carl Josef Cuno (2 July 1876 – 3 January 1933) was a German businessman and politician who was the chancellor of Germany from 1922 to 1923 for a total of 264 days. His tenure included the beginning of the occupation of the Ruhr by French and Belgian troops and the period in which inflation in Germany accelerated towards ...
Jun 28, 2024 · Wilhelm Cuno (born July 2, 1876, Suhl, Germany—died January 3, 1933, Aumühle) was a German politician and business leader, general director of the Hamburg-American Line, and chancellor of the Weimar Republic during the Franco-Belgian invasion of the Ruhr (1923).
Carl Josef Wilhelm Cuno war ein deutscher Geschäftsmann und parteiloser Politiker. Er war vom 22. November 1922 bis 12. August 1923 deutscher Reichskanzler. Cuno vertrat konservative und wirtschaftsliberale Ansichten. Er war Direktor der HAPAG und als Wirtschaftsvertreter bei zahlreichen Konferenzen und Gremien vertreten.
Wilhelm Cuno (vĬl´hĕlm kōō´nō), 1876–1933, German chancellor (Nov., 1922–Aug., 1923). A businessman, he headed a nonpartisan conservative ministry. His attempt to establish a moratorium on German reparations payments and his program of passive resistance to French occupation of the Ruhr both failed.
When French troops occupied the Ruhr Valley in 1923, Cuno called for passive resistance, which nearly resulted in the state going bankrupt. In the end, Germany’s sky-rocketing inflation and domestic unrest forced him to step down.
Wilhelm Cuno was born in Suhl, Germany on 2nd July, 1876. He studied law in Berlin and Heidelberg, before joining the German civil service. In 1907 Cuno was appointed as assessor in the German treasury department and helped draft bills for the Reichstag.
Wilhelm Carl Josef Cuno (2 July 1876 – 3 January 1933) was a German businessman and politician who was the Chancellor of Germany from 1922 to 1923, for a total of 264 days.
