Julius Curtius
| Julius Curtius | |
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| President | Paul von Hindenburg |
| Chancellor | Hans Luther, Wilhelm Marx, Hermann Müller, Heinrich Brüning |
| Reichswirtschaftsminister (Economic Affairs), Weimar Republic | |
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In office January 1926 – November 1929 |
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| Preceded by | Rudolf Krohne |
| Succeeded by | Paul Moldenhauer |
| Reichsaußenminister (Foreign Affairs), Weimar Republic | |
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In office November 1929 – 3 October 1931 |
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| Preceded by | Gustav Stresemann |
| Succeeded by | Heinrich Brüning |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 February 1877 Duisburg, Prussia |
| Died | 10 November 1948 (aged 71) Heidelberg, West Germany |
| Political party | German People's Party (DVP) |
| Spouse(s) | Adda Carp |
| Children | 5 |
| Profession | Lawyer, politician |
Julius Curtius (7 February 1877 – 10 November 1948) was a German politician who served as Minister for Economic Affairs (from January 1926 to December 1929) and Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic (from October/November 1929 to October 1931).
Julius Curtius was born on 7 February 1877 at Duisburg in what was then the Prussian Rhine Province.
His father Friedrich (1850-1904) owned a ultramarine works at Duisburg and an alum works at Eichelkamp. Friedrich's brother was Theodor Curtius, a professor of chemistry. Julius' mother was Adele (1824–98, née Brockhoff).
Julius married Adda Carp (died 1950), sister of industrialist Werner Carp, in 1905. They had two sons and three daughters.
Curtius studied law at Kiel, Strasbourg and Bonn and was awarded a doctorate at Berlin. In 1905, he started practicing law at Duisburg. After 1911, he began working on issues in the field of public policy (Staatswissenschaften) at Heidelberg. He served in the First World War, finishing at the rank of Hauptmann (captain) of the Landwehr and Batterieführer and was awarded both Iron Crosses. He remained at Heidelberg where he also was a member of the city council (Stadtverordneter) until 1921. He then worked as a lawyer at the Kammergericht Berlin. He mainly represented (also as a member of supervisory boards) firms in the steel and coal, potash and railway rolling stock businesses. From 1920 to 1932, he was a member of the Reichstag for the German People's Party (DVP).
Curtius became Reichswirtschaftsminister (Minister for Economic Affairs) in January 1926 as a member of the second cabinet of Hans Luther and remained in that office in several different cabinets that followed. After Gustav Stresemann died on 3 October 1929, Curtius became the acting Foreign Minister and in November vacated his old position and took over the Auswärtiges Amt.
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