Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg was a German military officer and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I and later became President of Germany from 1925 until his death in 1934. Though ideologically opposed to Nazism, he played a key role in the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 through his appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany.
- Occupation
- politician, military personnel, soldier, lord of the manor
- Position held
- president of Germany, president
- Citizenship
- Germany, Kingdom of Prussia
- Born
- October 2, 1847