Arnold Diestel | |
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 Arnold Diestel in Hamburg, 1905. Photograph byRudolf Dührkoop | |
| First Mayor of Hamburg and President of the Hamburg Senate | |
| In office 14 February 1920 – 31 December 1923 | |
| Preceded by | Friedrich Sthamer |
| Succeeded by | Carl Wilhelm Petersen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 March 1857 Valparaíso |
| Died | 3 January 1924 (1924-01-04) (aged 66) Hamburg |
| Nationality |  German |
| Political party | Nonpartisan |
| Alma mater | Albert Ludwig's University Frederick William's University (Berlin) |
Arnold Friedrich Georg Diestel (2 March 1857 – 3 January 1924) was a German politician and aFirst Mayor of Hamburg. Diestel was born inValparaíso,Chile and died inHamburg.
In 1908 theHamburg Parliament elected Diestel lifelong senator of Hamburg, replacing the lateJohann Georg Mönckeberg. On 12 November 1918 theHamburg revolutionarySoldiers' and Workers' Council deposed theSenate of Hamburg, but reappointed the senators as acting administration only on 18 November. In this function Diestel continued during theWeimar Republic, until the complete senate resigned on 27 March 1919, thus ending the life-term mandates under Hamburg's old 1860 constitution.
On 28–30 March 1919 the Hamburg Parliament, first time elected under equal suffrage by men and women of Hamburg, elected a new senate, into which Diestel and six more pre-war senators were reëlected, besides eleven new senators. Diestel was associated, but not a member of theGerman Democratic Party(Deutsche Demokratische Partei (DDP)). DDP andSPD had formed a coalition majority in the Hamburg Parliament. On 2 February 1920 the fellow senators elected Diestel their president and First Mayor of Hamburg, taking office after the announced resignation ofFriedrich Sthamer, becoming ambassador. Diestel's term ended on 31 December 1923. The senate electedCarl Wilhelm Petersen his successor.
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