Otto Gessler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otto Gessler

German politician

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1875

Place of Birth: Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 24-Mar-1955

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Otto Karl Gessler (or Geßler) (6 February 1875 – 24 March 1955) was a liberal German politician during the Weimar Republic.
From 1910 until 1914, he was mayor of Regensburg and from 1913 to 1919 mayor of Nuremberg.
He served in numerous Weimar cabinets, most notably as Reichswehrminister (Minister of Defence) from 1920 to 1928.