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Events on Sunday 26 April 1925 1
1925Hindenburg elected President of GermanyWorld War I field marshal wins the German presidencyPaul von Hindenburg, the former imperial army chief of staff, won Germany's second presidential election of the Weimar Republic. He succeeded Friedrich Ebert and would serve until his death in 1934, later appointing Adolf Hitler as chancellor in 1933. His election marked a shift toward conservative, nationalist leadership in Weimar Germany.