Karl Jarres
| Karl Jarres | |
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Jarres in 1925
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Vice-Chancellor of Germany Weimar Republic
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In office 30 November 1923 – 15 December 1924 |
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| Chancellor |
Gustav Stresemann (1923) Wilhelm Marx (1923–1925) |
| Preceded by | Robert Schmidt |
| Succeeded by | Oskar Hergt |
| Reich Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 11 November 1923 – 15 December 1924 |
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| Preceded by | Wilhelm Sollmann |
| Succeeded by | Martin Schiele |
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21 September 1874 Remscheid, Rhine Province |
| Died | 20 October 1951 (aged 77) Duisburg, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | German People's Party (DVP) |
| Occupation | Lawyer, civil servant, politician, industrialist |
| Religion | Protestant |
Karl Jarres (21 September 1874 – 20 October 1951) was a politician of the German People's Party (Deutsche Volkspartei, or DVP) during the Weimar Republic. From 1923 to 1924/1925, he was Minister of the Interior and Vice-Chancellor of Germany. Jarres was also the long-serving mayor of Duisburg from 1914 to 1933. After the Nazis deposed him, he started a career in industry.
Karl Jarres was born on 21 September 1874 in Remscheid, in the Prussian Rhine Province. His father, Rudolf Jarres (1842-1922) was a merchant. His mother was Maria Jarres (1849-1936), née Busch (daughter of merchant and Remscheid city treasurer Robert Busch). Karl studied law at London, Paris, Bonn and Berlin, and was awarded a Dr. iur. in 1897 at the University of Erlangen. After his legal clerkship, Jarres started working in municipal administration. He was Stadtassessor (1901) and then Beigeordneter (1903) at Düren. In 1907, he became Beigeordneter at Cologne. In 1910, he was elected mayor of Remscheid.
Jarres was married in Düren in 1903, to Freya (1880-1945), née Schüll, daughter of a paper manufacturer. They had two daughters.
In 1911, Jarres became Oberbürgermeister (Chief Burgomaster) of Remscheid. After 1914, he was the Oberbürgermeister of Duisburg, located in the Ruhr region, a position he held until 1933. As representative for Duisburg, Jarres was a member of the Prussian upper chamber — the Herrenhaus — from 1914-18.
During World War I he was successful in securing food supplies for the city. During and after the Revolution he opposed the establishment of a far-left Räteherrschaft (rule by workers' and soldiers' councils), at the cost of being at times subject to physical violence. He joined the German People's Party (DVP) when it was created in 1918 (he was previously a member of the National Liberal Party) and remained a member until the DVP was dissolved in 1933. However, Jarres never played a leading role in the party. From 1919 to 1933, Jarre was a member of the Prussian State Council. He was also active in the Prussian Städtetag (later Deutscher Städtetag).
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