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{{use dmy dates|date=January 2015}} {{Short description|German lawyer and politician (1861-1937)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Walter Simons | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12279, Walter Simons.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | smallimage = <!--If this is specified, "image" should not be.--> | alt = | caption = Simons in 1931 | office = Acting [[President of Germany (1919–1945)|President of Germany]] | term_start = 12 March 1925 | term_end = 12 May 1925 | chancellor = [[Hans Luther]] | predecessor = [[Hans Luther]] (''acting'') | successor = [[Paul von Hindenburg]] | office1 = [[Reichsgericht#List of presidents|President of the Reichsgericht]] | term_start1 = 16 October 1922 | term_end1 = 1 April 1929 | appointed1 = Friedrich Ebert | predecessor1 = [[:de:Heinrich Delbrück|Heinrich Delbrück]] | successor1 = [[Erwin Bumke]] | office2 = [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] | term_start2 = 25 June 1920 | term_end2 = 10 May 1921 | chancellor2 = [[Constantin Fehrenbach]] | predecessor2 = [[Adolf Köster]] | successor2 = [[Friedrich Rosen]] | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1861|9|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Elberfeld]], [[Kingdom of Prussia]], [[German Confederation]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1937|7|14|1861|9|24|df=y}} | death_place = [[Potsdam]], [[Brandenburg]], [[Nazi Germany]] | death_cause = | resting_place = Wilmersdorfer Waldfriedhof | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | nationality = | party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] | spouse = {{marriage|Erna Rühle|1890}} | relations = | children = 7 | parents = <!-- overrides mother and father parameters --> | relatives = [[Gerhard Simons]] (grandson) | residence = | education = [[University of Strasbourg]]<br/>[[Leipzig University]]<br/>[[University of Bonn]] | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = [[Lawyer]] | awards = <!-- For civilian awards - appears as "Awards" if |mawards= is not set --> | signature = Walter Simons Signature.png | signature_alt = | footnotes = }} '''Walter Simons''' (24 September 1861 – 14 July 1937) was a German lawyer and politician. He was Foreign Minister of the [[Weimar Republic]] in 1920-21 and served as president of the ''[[Reichsgericht]]'' from 1922 to 1929.
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