Friedrich Ebert was the first President of Germany, serving from 1919 until his death in 1925. He was a prominent figure in the German labor movement and social democracy, and played a key role in the establishment of the Weimar Republic after World War I. Ebert was born in Heidelberg in 1871. He worked as a saddler and later as a journalist before becoming active in the Social Democratic Party...
Pioneering the Presidency: Germany’s First Presidential Leader
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