Matthias Erzberger
September 20, 1875 – August 26, 1921
Matthias Erzberger (1875-1921) was a German Centre Party politician who served as Minister of Finance from 1919 to 1920 and as Vice Chancellor of Germany in 1919. In November 1918 he headed the German delegation that negotiated the Armistice of 11 November 1918, and he had earlier proposed the 1917 Reichstag peace resolution calling for a negotiated peace without annexations. As finance minister he pushed through the "Erzberger reforms" transferring supreme taxing authority to the central government. He was forced to resign under corruption allegations and died on 26 August 1921.
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