Friedrich von Payer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German politician
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Place of Birth: Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Friedrich von Payer
- Friedrich Ludwig von Payer (12 June 1847 – 14 July 1931) was a German lawyer, liberal politician and vice-chancellor of Germany during the last year of World War I.
- He was born in Tübingen and was educated at the seminary at Blaubeuren, returning to his home town to study law in 1865.
- Having completed his university education, he worked as a lawyer in Stuttgart and was first elected to the Reichstag in 1877.
- He reached the height of his political career during the First World War, during which he advocated a negotiated peace with the allied powers and was appointed vice-chancellor.
- After the War, he was chairman of the DDP, and remained a member of the new Weimar Reichstag until 6 June 1920. Payer married Alwine Schöninger.
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