Konstantin Fehrenbach
Konstantin Fehrenbach (
1862-
1926) was a
German Catholic politician who was one of the major leaders of the
Catholic Center Party. He served as President of the
Reichstag in 1918, and then as President of the National Assembly from
1919 to
1920. Upon the resignation of the Social Democrats from the government in June of 1920 as a result of their poor showing in the elections of that year, Fehrenbach became
Chancellor of Germany, forming a coalition with the Liberal
German Democratic Party and
German People's Party. His government lasted less than a year, the government resigning in April
1921 in protest against the allied reparations assessment which was announced that month. Fehrenbach headed the Center Party's Reichstag contingent from
1923 until his death in 1926.