Joseph Koeth was a German military officer and politician.
13 Facts About Joseph Koeth
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Joseph Koeth again served briefly as a minister of the Weimar Republic under Gustav Stresemann in 1923.
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Joseph Koeth was born on 7 July 1870 in Lohr a Main, Lower Franconia, then a part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.
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Joseph Koeth was married to Helene, nee Fenkohl from Eastern Prussia.
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Joseph Koeth had attended the War Academy at Munich for three years but was not awarded the full qualification to join the general staff, despite excellent performance.
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Joseph Koeth's task was to provide war production with the required raw materials.
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Joseph Koeth succeeded in this work through a system of Planned economy, systematic recycling of used materials and by accessing new sources of commodities.
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In March 1917, Joseph Koeth was promoted to Oberstleutnant and Abteilungschef.
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On 11 November 1918, Joseph Koeth left active service with the rank of Oberst.
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Under the Council of the People's Deputies, Joseph Koeth became Staatssekretar of the Reichsamt fur wirtschaftliche Demobilmachung, a position created for him.
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Joseph Koeth was the founding president of the German War Graves Commission in 1919.
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In October and November 1923, Joseph Koeth was Minister of Economic Affairs in the second cabinet of Gustav Stresemann.
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Joseph Koeth was a member of the supervisory boards of several large and mid-sized companies and, until February 1930, chairman of the Deutsche Weltwirtschaftliche Gesellschaft.