# Presidium of the Reichstag (Weimar Republic)

The Presidium of the Reichstag was a political office in the German Weimar Republic.
It consisted of the President of the Reichstag (Reichstagspräsident), First Deputy President (Erster Stellvertreter), Second Deputy President (Zweiter Stellvertreter) and Third Deputy President (Dritter Stellvertreter). The President was elected on the proposal of the largest party by the members of the Reichstag and remained in office until a successor had been elected.

## National Assembly (1919-1920)

Presidium elected on February 7, 1919
| President | Party | Notes |
| Eduard David Constantin Fehrenbach | SPD Centre | To February 13, 1919 From February 14, 1919 |
| Deputy President | Party | Notes |
| Hermann Dietrich Constantin Fehrenbach Conrad Haußmann Hermann Schulz Paul Löbe | DNVP Centre DDP SPD SDP | To February 13, 1919 February 14, 1919–July 14, 1920 From July 15, 1920 |

## 1. Legislative Session (1920-1924)

| President | Party | |
| Paul Löbe | SPD | |
| First Deputy President | Party | |
| Wilhelm Dittmann | USPD | |
| Second Deputy President | Party | |
| Johannes Bell | Centre | |
| Third Deputy President | Party | Notes |
| Hermann Dietrich Jacob Rießer | DNVP DVP | From May 11, 1921 |

## 2. Legislative Session (1924)

| President | Party |
| Max Wallraf | DNVP |
| First Deputy President | Party |
| Wilhelm Dittmann | SPD |
| Second Deputy President | Party |
| Johannes Bell | Centre |
| Third Deputy Speaker | Party |
| Jacob Rißer | DVP |

## 3. Legislative Session (1924-1928)

| President | Party | |
| Paul Löbe | SPD | |
| First Deputy President | Party | |
| Walther Graef | DNVP | |
| Second Deputy President | Party | Notes |
| Johannes Bell Thomas Esser | Centre Centre | To November 3, 1926 From November 4, 1926 |
| Third Deputy President | Party | |
| Jacob Rißer | DVP | |

## 4. Legislative Session (1928-1930)

| President | Party |
| Paul Löbe | SPD |
| First Deputy President | Party |
| Thomas Eßer | Centre |
| Second Deputy President | Party |
| Siegfried von Kardorff | DVP |
| Third Deputy President | Party |
| Walther Graef | DNVP |

## 5. Legislative Session (1930-1932)

| President | Party | |
| Paul Löbe | SPD | |
| First Deputy President | Party | Notes |
| Franz Stöhr Siegfried von Kardorff | NSDAP DVP | To February 10, 1931 From February 12, 1931 |
| Second Deputy President | Party | |
| Thomas Eßer | Centre | |
| Third Deputy President | Party | |
| Walther Graef | DNVP | |

## 6. Legislative Session (1932)

| President | Party |
| Hermann Göring | NSDAP |
| First Deputy President | Party |
| Thomas Eßer | Centre |
| Second Deputy President | Party |
| Walther Graef | DNVP |
| Third Deputy President | Party |
| Hans Rauch | BVP |

## 7. Legislative Session (1932-1933)

| President | Party |
| Hermann Göring | NSDAP |
| First Deputy President | Party |
| Thomas Eßer | Centre |
| Second Deputy President | Party |
| Hans Rauch | BVP |
| Third Deputy President | Party |
| Paul Löbe | SPD |

## 8. Legislative Session (1933)

Presidium elected on March 12, 1933
| President | Party |
| Hermann Göring | NSDAP |
| First Deputy President | Party |
| Thomas Eßer | Centre |
| Second Deputy President | Party |
| Walther Graef | DNVP |
| Third Deputy President | Party |
| Ernst Emil Zörner | NSDAP |

## Sources

* ↑ Christoph Gusy (1997), Die Weimarer Reichsverfassung (in German), Mohr Siebeck, ISBN 9783161468186
* ↑ Miller, Susanne: Einleitung Kriegstagebuch, p XXIV
* 1 2 Griebing, Helga: Fehrenbach, Konstantin in Neue Deutsche Biographie
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Neubach, Helmuth: Löbe, Paul in Neue Deutsche Biographie
* 1 2 Kotowski, Georg: Dittmann, Wilhelm in Neue Deutsche Biographie
* 1 2 Milatz, Alfred: Bell, Johannes in Neue Deutsche Biographie
* 1 2 Reiser, Konrad: Kardorff, Siegfried von in Neue Deutsche Biographie