Paul Levi
Paul Levi | |
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Levi in the 1920s | |
| Chairman of the Communist Party of Germany | |
| In office March 1919 – February 1921 | |
| Succeeded by | Heinrich Brandler |
| Member of the Reichstag | |
| In office 24 June 1920 – 9 February 1930 | |
| Succeeded by | Georg Graupe |
| Constituency | Reichswahlvorschlag (1920–1924) 30, Chemnitz-Zwickau (1924–1930) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 March 1883 Hechingen, Province of Hohenzollern, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 9 February 1930 (aged 46) Berlin, German Republic |
| Political party | SPD (1906–1916) USPD (1917–1918) KPD (1918–1921) KAG (1921–March 1922) USPD (March–September 1922) SPD (from September 1922) |
Paul Levi (German: [ˈleːvi]; 11 March 1883 – 9 February 1930) was a German communist and social democratic political leader. He was the head of the Communist Party of Germany following the assassination of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in 1919. After being expelled for publicly criticising Communist Party tactics during the March Action, he formed the Communist Working Organisation (KAG / Kommunistische Arbeitsgemeinschaft) which in 1922 merged with the Independent Social Democratic Party. This party, in turn, merged with the Social Democratic Party a few months later and Levi became one of the leaders of its left wing.