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Philipp Scheidemann, (born July 26, 1865, Kassel, Hesse-Kassel [Germany]—died Nov. 29, 1939, Copenhagen, Den.), German Social Democratic politician who, without party or government authorization, on Nov. 9, 1918, made the Weimar Republic a fact by proclaiming it from the balcony of the Reichstag. He later became the republic’s first chancellor.

Philipp Heinrich Scheidemann war ein deutscher sozialdemokratischer Politiker und Publizist. Im ersten Viertel des 20. Jahrhunderts war er einer der herausragenden Protagonisten und Repräsentanten seiner Partei und der Weimarer Republik. Während der Novemberrevolution verkündete Scheidemann am 9. November 1918 von einem Balkon des ...

Philipp Scheidemann (1865-1939) was a German politician and a significant figure in the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He proclaimed the birth of the Weimar Republic in November 1918 and served briefly as German chancellor in 1919. Scheidemann was born into a working-class family in Kassel. At 14, he began an apprenticeship as a printing ...

Died 29 November 1939 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Philipp Scheidemann was a key figure in the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) during the First World War. On 9 November 1918, Scheidemann proclaimed the republic in Germany and became the first head of government in the Weimar Republic.

Philipp Heinrich Scheidemann (26 July 1865 – 29 November 1939) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). In the first quarter of the 20th century he played a leading role in both his party and in the young Weimar Republic.

Quick Reference. (b. Kassel, 26 July 1864; d. Copenhagen, 29 Nov. 1939) German; Chancellor of Germany 1919, SPD co-chairman 1917–19 Scheidemann was a printer by trade and alter a journalist and editor of the SPD paper in Kassel. Due to his speaking skills and ambition he was elected to the SPD executive in 1911.

The Scheidemann cabinet, headed by Minister President Philipp Scheidemann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), was Germany's first democratically elected national government. It took office on 13 February 1919, three months after the collapse of the German Empire following Germany's defeat in World War I.

Philipp Heinrich Scheidemann (26 July 1865 – 29 November 1939) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). In the first quarter of the 20th century he played a leading role in both his party and in the young Weimar Republic.