# Canonical recap data for German Presidential Election 1925 (1925)
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slug: 1925-german-election
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1925/1925-german-election"
title: German Presidential Election 1925
subtitle: Paul von Hindenburg's election as German President restored conservative legitimacy to the Weimar Republic, yet his 1933 appointment of Hitler would undo that stability.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1925-03-29
datePrecision: day
year: 1925
decade: 1920
country:
name: Germany
slug: germany
summaryShort: A presidential election was held in Germany on 29 March 1925, with a runoff on 26 April. It was the first direct election to the office of president of Germany, the head of state of the Weimar Republic, and followed the death in office of Friedrich Ebert. The first round of the election included seven candidates and re
summaryLong: A presidential election was held in Germany on 29 March 1925, with a runoff on 26 April. It was the first direct election to the office of president of Germany, the head of state of the Weimar Republic, and followed the death in office of Friedrich Ebert. The first round of the election included seven candidates and resulted in no clear frontrunner. In the second round, the centrist parties united around Wilhelm Marx of the Catholic Centre Party, while the parties of the Right convinced former field marshal Paul von Hindenburg, who had not run in the first round, to enter the contest. He won with 48.3% of the vote.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-C06886%2C_Paul_v._Hindenburg.jpg/1280px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-C06886%2C_Paul_v._Hindenburg.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "1925 German presidential election"
importance: 78
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_German_presidential_election"
  title: German presidential election, 1925
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: A presidential election was held in Germany on 29 March 1925, with a runoff on 26 April. It was the first direct election to the office of president of Germany,
wikidataQid: Q31672
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260620112854/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_German_presidential_election"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-20
  label: German presidential election, 1925
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_German_presidential_election"
