Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
| Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk | |
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1932 portrait by
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| Chancellor of Germany | |
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In office 1 May 1945 – 23 May 1945 |
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| President | Karl Dönitz |
| Preceded by | Joseph Goebbels |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 2 May 1945 – 23 May 1945 |
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| President | Karl Dönitz |
| Preceded by | Arthur Seyss-Inquart |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 1 June 1932 – 23 May 1945 |
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| Führer/ President |
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| Chancellor | |
| Preceded by | Hermann R. Dietrich |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
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Johann Ludwig von Krosigk 22 August 1887 Rathmannsdorf, Anhalt, Germany |
| Died | 4 March 1977 (aged 89) Essen, West Germany |
| Political party | National Socialist German Workers' Party |
| Spouse(s) | Ehrengard von Plettenberg |
| Children | 9 |
| Alma mater |
University of Halle University of Lausanne Oriel College, Oxford |
| Occupation | |
| Religion | Lutheran |
| ^1 Formally titled "Leading Minister" or "Chief Minister" (Leitenden Minister). | |
Johann Ludwig Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, born Johann Ludwig von Krosigk and known as Lutz von Krosigk (22 August 1887 – 4 March 1977) was a German senior government official who served as Minister of Finance of Germany from 1932 to 1945 and Leading Minister of the German Reich (Chancellor) in May 1945.
A non-partisan moderate conservative, he was appointed to the post by Franz von Papen in 1932. At the request of President Paul von Hindenburg, he continued in that office under Kurt von Schleicher and Adolf Hitler. During May 1945, after the suicides of Hitler and his designated successor Joseph Goebbels, he also served as Chancellor ("Leading Minister") in the short-lived Flensburg government of President Karl Dönitz. Schwerin von Krosigk also held the essentially nominal offices of Foreign Minister and Finance Minister in the provisional government that controlled only a small, progressively shrinking portion of Germany, due to the rapid advance of the Allied forces who finally dissolved it and arrested its members.
Besides Adolf Hitler himself, Schwerin von Krosigk and Wilhelm Frick were the only members of the Third Reich's cabinet to serve continuously from Hitler's appointment as Chancellor until his death. By receiving the golden NSDAP Party Badge from Adolf Hitler, given for honor on January 30, 1937, he became a member of the NSDAP (membership number: 3,805,231). He also joined the academy of German Law [4] in 1937.
At the 1949 Ministries Trial, he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to 10 years in jail, but was granted amnesty in 1951. He later worked as an author and publicist.
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