Ulrich Graf von Brockdorff-Rantzau
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Ulrich Graf von Brockdorff-Rantzau (May 29, 1869 - September 8, 1928) was a German diplomat and the first Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic.
He completed study of jurisprudence in Neuchâtel and Freiburg im Breisgau/Breisgau, and passed the state exam to become a Dr. jur in 1891. Between 1891 and 1893 he served with the Prussian army; he was dismissed as a second lieutenant after suffering an injury. He then entered the Foreign Office as a diplomat. From 1897 to 1901 he was secretary to the embassy in St Petersburg. In 1901 he moved on to Vienna. From 1909 to 1912 he was attached to the Consul-General in Budapest. Finally, in 1912, he was made ambassador to Denmark.
After World War I, he was briefly Foreign Minister in the government of Philipp Scheidemann.
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| Preceded by: Wilhelm Solf | Foreign Minister of Germany 1918–1919 | Followed by: Hermann Müller |