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Franz Von Papen

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World Leader

The Resume

    (October 29, 1879-May 2, 1969)
    German Chancellor and Vice Chancellor under Adolf Hitler

Why he might be annoying:

    Though highly incompetent, he considered himself a member of the elite, divinely chosen to lead.
    During WW I, he headed German espionage and sabotage in the U.S.
    He was expelled in 1915.
    As Chief of Staff to the Turkish Army fighting in Palestine, he left behind secret documents while fleeing British troops.
    As Chancellor, he lifted the ban on the Nazi SA brown shirts.
    Later, he dissolved the Reichstag just before it could vote him out of office.
    He convinced President Paul Von Hindenberg to name Adolf Hitler Chancellor.
    Having himself named Vice Chancellor, he foolishly believed he could control Adolf Hitler.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He spoke out against Nazi excesses several times (though he lacked the conviction to actively oppose them).
    As Ambassador to Austria, his secreted conversations with Adolf Hitler to Switzerland stated that 'The defamatory campaigns of the Third Reich were only too well known to me.'
    He possessed an uncanny ability to survive in both Austria and Turkey because assassins wanted to kill him but they accidentally blew themselves up.
    He was found guilty as a major Nazi war criminal in a German denazification court in February 1947 (though he was only sentenced to 8 months).

Credit: Professor Von Snoot and Annoy Rocks


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 81 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 22 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 51 Votes: 82.35% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 74 Votes: 63.51% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 61 Votes: 65.57% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 55 Votes: 74.55% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 156 Votes: 77.56% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 215 Votes: 75.81% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 459 Votes: 69.93% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 304 Votes: 69.74% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 651 Votes: 68.97% Annoying