Wilhelm Groener
Wilhelm Groener Reich Minister of Defence Weimar Republic In office 20 January 1928 – 13 May 1932 Chancellor Wilhelm Marx Hermann Müller Heinrich Brüning Preceded by Otto Gessler Succeeded by Kurt von Schleicher Reich Minister of the Interior Weimar Republic In office 9 October 1931 – 30 May 1932 Chancellor Heinrich Brüning Preceded by Joseph Wirth Succeeded by Wilhelm von Gayl Reich Minister of Transport Weimar Republic In office 25 June 1920 – 12 August 1923 Chancellor Konstantin Fehrenbach Joseph Wirth Wilhelm Cuno Preceded by Gustav Bauer Succeeded by Rudolf Oeser Chief of the German General Staff German Empire In office 3 July 1919 – 7 July 1919 Preceded by Paul von Hindenburg Succeeded by Hans von Seeckt Personal details Born Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener ( 1867-11-22 ) 22 November 1867 Ludwigsburg, Neckar District, Württemberg Died 3 May 1939 (1939-05-03) (aged 71) Potsdam-Bornstedt, Brandenburg, Nazi Germany Nationality German Political party Independent Military service A...