The new national government under Wilhelm Marx one day after taking office. From left: Minister of Labor Heinrich Brauns (Centre Party), Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann (DVP), Chancellor Wilhelm Marx (Centre Party), Vice Chancellor Oskar Hergt (DNVP), Defence Minister Otto Gessler (DDP). Standing: Transport Minister Wilhelm Koch (DNVP), Minister of the Interior Walter von Keudell (DNVP), Postal Minister Georg Schaetzel (BVP), Food and Agriculture Minister Martin Schiele (DNVP), Minister of Economic Affairs Julius Curtius (DVP).
