He replaced the social democrate Ludwig Bergsträsser, who served as acting minister-president for only one month, and would remain in office until a successor could be democratically elected.
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His term from October 12, 1945 to December 20, 1946 saw the first local elections after World War II in January 1946, the vote on the constitution of Hesse and the first election of the Landtag of Hesse in December 1946.
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Geiler, a university professor of economic law in Heidelberg and without affiliation to a political party at the time, was installed prime minister of the newly created territory Greater Hesse by the US military administration.
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Karl Hermann Friedrich Geiler (August 10, 1878 – September 14, 1953) was a German lawyer and politician.
# 1945 - 1946: Military occupation provisional government led by Karl Geiler (no party), appointed by the U.S. Military
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