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Rudolph von Delbrück

German statesman
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Also known as: Martin Friedrich Rudolph von Delbrück
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Martin Friedrich Rudolph von Delbrück
Born:
April 16, 1817, Berlin, Prussia [now in Germany]
Died:
Feb. 1, 1903, Berlin (aged 85)
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Rudolph von Delbrück (born April 16, 1817, Berlin, Prussia [now in Germany]—died Feb. 1, 1903, Berlin) was a statesman and chief executor of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck’s free-trade policy for Prussia and then for imperial Germany. He entered government service in 1837 and in 1848 was transferred to the ministry of commerce. Realizing the influence of commerce on political union, Delbrück induced Hanover, Oldenburg, and Schaumburg-Lippe to join the Zollverein (customs union) by 1854; he convinced Austria to renew its trade relationship with the other German states in 1853. With Bismarck’s support, Delbrück began to apply the principles of free ...(100 of 230 words)

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