Scheidemann, Philipp

*		1865
†		1939

Beruf
German politician

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	member of the SPD since 1883
	1903-1918 delegate to the Reichstag
	under Reichs Chancellor Prince Max of Baden, Secretary of State without portfolio
	proclaims the Republic November 9, 1918 after transferring office to Friedrich Ebert
	1919 Reichs Minister President of the Weimar coalition
	1919 resignation because of rejection of the Versailles treaty
	1919-1933 Lord Mayor of Kassel
	1920-1933 delegate to the Reichstag
	after 1933 exile in Prague; after 1939 in Copenhagen