Wolfgang Kapp

Wolfgang Kapp
Wolfgang Kapp
Member of the Reichstag for Gumbinnen 2, East Prussia
In office 2 February 1918 – 9 November 1918
Preceded by	Fritz Gottschalk
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
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Born	(1858-07-24)24 July 1858 New York City, New York, United States
Died	12 June 1922(1922-06-12) (aged 63) Klinikum St. Georg, Leipzig, Weimar Republic
Nationality	German
Political party	German Fatherland Party German National People's Party
Spouse	Margarete Rosenow
Children	3
Alma mater	Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen Georg-August University of Göttingen
Occupation	Civil servant, politician
Profession	Lawyer
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Wolfgang Kapp (24 July 1858 – 12 June 1922) was a German conservative and nationalist and political activist who is best known for his involvement in the 1920 Kapp Putsch. He spent most of his career working for the Prussian Ministry of Finance and then as director of the Agricultural Credit Institute in East Prussia. During World War I, Kapp was a vocal annexationist and critic of the government's policies, which he saw as not aggressive enough. His strong dislike of parliamentary government and the Weimar Republic led him to take a leading role in the 1920 putsch that bears his name. Following the putsch's failure to overthrow the German government, Kapp went into exile in Sweden. He returned to Germany in late 1921 to appear in court, but died while under medical care before he could testify.