Ruler · 1902 – 1952

Albert Forster

Lived 1902 – 1952; politician. Gauleiter of Gau Westmark, 1930 – 1945.

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Lived: 1902 – 1952; 50 years
In office: 15 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Gau Westmark
Left it: ended by an event; Wikidata's end cause on the term

Gauleiter

Gau Westmark · the 7th of 15 dated reigns · 1925 – 1945

3 before

Joseph Goebbels1926 – 1945

Karl Wahl1928 – …

Friedrich Karl Florian1930 – 1945

Albert Forster1930 – 1945

Adolf Hitler1933 – 1945

Hermann Göring1933 – 1945

Franz Ritter von Epp1933 – 1945

5 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1930 – 1945 · 15 years · came to it aged 28

Left it: ended by an eventWikidata's end cause on the term: Siege of Danzig

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