1. Karl Jarres was born on 21 September 1874 in Remscheid, in the Prussian Rhine Province.
15 Facts About Karl Jarres
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Karl Jarres's mother was Maria Jarres, nee Busch.
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Karl Jarres studied law at London, Paris, Bonn and Berlin, and was awarded a Dr jur.
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Karl Jarres was Stadtassessor and then Beigeordneter at Duren.
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Karl Jarres was married in Duren in 1903, to Freya, nee Schull, daughter of a paper manufacturer.
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Karl Jarres joined the German People's Party when it was created in 1918 and remained a member until the DVP dissolved in 1933.
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However, Karl Jarres never played a leading role in the party.
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From May 1921 to April 1933, Karl Jarres was a member of the Prussian State Council and served as its Second Vice President from May 1921 to January 1924.
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Karl Jarres was a deputy in the Provincial Landtag of Rhine Province from 1920 to 1933.
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Karl Jarres had become known nationwide for his steadfast stance against the occupation.
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On 11 November 1923, Karl Jarres followed the invitation by Gustav Stresemann and became Minister of the Interior in the second Stresemann cabinet.
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Karl Jarres kept that position under Chancellor Wilhelm Marx until December 1924.
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Again urged by Stresemann, Karl Jarres became the candidate of the DVP in the 1925 German Presidential election, the first direct election to the office of President of the Reich, following Friedrich Ebert's death.
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Karl Jarres withdrew his candidacy in the second round of voting in favor of Paul von Hindenburg, who would go on to win the closely fought second round of elections against Marx and Ernst Thalmann, the candidate of the Communist Party of Germany.
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Karl Jarres spent the rest of his career in private industry, as a member of the supervisory board or management board of well-known Duisburg companies such as Demag.