biography
pronunciation:
[helferikh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1872–1924)
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| biography:
| German politician, born in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, SW Germany. He became chairman of Deutsche Bank (1908–15) and a member of the Central Committee of Reichsbank (1910). In his capacity as state secretary of Reichsschatzamt (1915) he steered the financial policy of the Reich, and became Vice-Chancellor and head of the ministry for internal affairs (1916–17). He represented Germany in Moscow (1918) and was a leader of the Deutschnationale Volkspartei (DNVP) in the Reichstag (1920). |
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