Rathenau, Walther

Japanese: ラーテナウ（英語表記）Rathenau， Walther

Born: September 29, 1867 in Berlin
Died June 24, 1922. German politician and businessman in Berlin. He studied philosophy, chemistry, and technology, and joined AEG, an electrical company founded by his father Emil, in 1899, becoming president in 1915. When World War I began, the Ministry of War established the Office of Wartime Raw Materials to secure raw materials, and as its director, he led the wartime control of the economy together with E. Ludendorff, Deputy Chief of Staff. After the war, he participated in the founding of the German Democratic Party, and attended international conferences as a specialist on the Treaty of Versailles and reparations. From May to November 1921, he was appointed Minister of Reconstruction in the K. Bildt cabinet, and advised the Prime Minister on implementation policies. In January 1922, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs and attended the Genoa Conference, but negotiations with Western countries did not progress, and on April 16 during the conference, he signed the Treaty of Rapallo with the Soviet Union, which caused resentment from the far right, and he was assassinated shortly after returning home, partly because he was Jewish. He wrote "Die neue Staat" (1919).

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Japanese:

[生]1867.9.29. ベルリン
[没]1922.6.24. ベルリン
ドイツの政治家，実業家。哲学，化学，技術などを学び，1899年父エミールの創立した電機会社 AEGに入社，1915年社長。第1次世界大戦が始ると，原料を確保するため陸軍省に戦時原料局が設けられ，その局長として E.ルーデンドルフ参謀次長とともに経済の戦時統制を指揮。戦後ドイツ民主党の創設に参加するかたわら，ベルサイユ条約や賠償問題に関する専門委員として国際会議に出席。 21年5～11月 K.ビルト内閣の復興相に就任，履行政策を首相に進言。 22年1月外相となり，ジェノバ会議に出席したが，西欧諸国との交渉が進展せず，会議中の4月 16日ソ連とラパロ条約を結んだため極右派の反感を買い，ユダヤ人であったことも災いして帰国後まもなく暗殺された。著書"Die neue Staat" (1919) 。

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