Friedrich von Payer | |
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| Vice-Chancellor of the German Empire | |
| In office 9 November 1917 – 10 November 1918 | |
| Chancellor | Georg von Hertling, Maximilian of Baden, Friedrich Ebert |
| Preceded by | Karl Helfferich |
| Succeeded by | Eugen Schiffer |
| Member of the Reichstag for Tübingen-Reutlingen | |
| In office 1877–1878 | |
| Member of the Reichstag for Tübingen-Reutlingen | |
| In office 1880–1887 | |
| Member of the Reichstag for Tübingen-Reutlingen | |
| In office 1890–1918 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1847 |
| Died | 14 July 1931 (aged 84) |
| Political party | DVP (1907-1909), FVP (1909-1918), DDP (1918-1931) |
Friedrich Ludwig von Payer (12 June 1847 – 14 July 1931) was a German lawyer, liberal politician and the vice-chancellor of German Empire during the last year of World War I.
He was born in Tübingen and was educated at the seminary at Blaubeuren, returning to his home town to study law in 1865. Having completed his university education, he worked as a lawyer in Stuttgart and was first elected to the Reichstag in 1877. He reached the height of his political career during the First World War during which he advocated a negotiated peace with the allied powers and was appointed vice-chancellor. After the war, he was chairman of the German Democratic Party and remained a member of the new Weimar Reichstag until 6 June 1920. Payer married Alwine Schöninger.
