Portrait of Philipp Scheidemann (1865-1939), second Chancellor in the Weimar Republic, Chancellor 13th Feb-20th Jun 1919, Scheidemann proclaimed the Weimar Republic on 9th November 1918, in the course of the November Revolution, Later he became a member of the council of the people's representatives and of the National Assembly, as well as Prime Minister of the Weimar coalition from February to June 1919, In 1933 Scheidemann went into exile,