Arthur Zimmermann

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Arthur Zimmermann was the German Foreign Secretary during World War I, best known for the Zimmermann Telegram that sought to draw Mexico into the war against the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German politician
diplomat
human
appointedBy Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship German Empire NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1864-10-05
dateOfDeath 1940-06-06
educatedAt University of Königsberg NERFINISHED
University of Leipzig
employer Foreign Office of the German Empire NERFINISHED
endTime 1917-08-06
familyName Zimmermann NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork diplomacy
foreign policy
givenName Arthur NERFINISHED
hasOccupation civil servant
jurist
influenced United States decision to enter World War I
public opinion in the United States during World War I
influencedBy military leadership of the German Empire
knownFor German foreign policy during World War I
authoring the Zimmermann Telegram
legalEducation law
memberOf German Foreign Office NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage German
notableEvent Zimmermann Telegram NERFINISHED
notableWork Zimmermann Telegram NERFINISHED
officeContested German foreign policy leadership during World War I
participatedIn German–Mexican relations during World War I
World War I
partOf German Empire’s wartime leadership
placeOfBirth East Prussia NERFINISHED
Marggrabowa NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Berlin
positionHeld German Foreign Secretary NERFINISHED
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the German Empire NERFINISHED
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
replaced Gottlieb von Jagow NERFINISHED
residence Berlin NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
significantEvent proposal of German–Mexican alliance against the United States
public admission of authorship of the Zimmermann Telegram
startTime 1916-11-22
succeededBy Richard von Kühlmann NERFINISHED
workLocation Berlin NERFINISHED
German Foreign Office in Berlin NERFINISHED

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World War I diplomacy majorActor Arthur Zimmermann