Otto Gessler
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Dr. Otto Karl Gessler (or Geßler) (February 6 1875-March 24 1955) was a German politician during the Weimar Republic. From 1910 until 1914 he was mayor of Regensburg and from 1913 to 1919 mayor of Nuremberg. He served in Weimar cabinets from 1919 until 1928, usually as Minister of Defence.
The hospital in Lindenberg im Allgäu is named for him.
| Preceded by: Gustav Noske | Defence Minister of Germany 1920-1928 | Followed by: Wilhelm Groener |
| Preceded by: Martin Schiele | Interior Minister of Germany 1925-1926 | Followed by: Wilhelm Külz |
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