  | after 1918 member of the Central Party
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  | 1920-28 and 1930-32, member of the Prussian House of Delegates
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  | 1932 Reichs Chancellor
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  | after dismissal of the Prussian government, Reichs Commissar for Prussia
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  | 1933-34 Vice Chancellor under Hitler, in whose designation - as Chancellor Brüning - P. has played a key role
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  | 1934-44 Ambassador in Vienna and in Ankara
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  | 1946 released by the International Military Tribunal in Nürnberg
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  | 1947 sentenced to eight years of hard labor by a special tribunal; 1949 released in advance |