0 0 0 ▁Category : Ph arma ce ut ical ▁companies ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁Category : V acc ine ▁produ cers ▁Category : World ▁Health ▁Organ ization ▁essential ▁medic ines <0x0A> </s> ▁President ial ▁elections ▁were ▁held ▁in ▁Germany ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁March ▁ 1 9 2 5 , ▁with ▁a ▁second ▁round ▁run - off ▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁April . ▁They ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁direct ▁elections ▁to ▁the ▁office ▁of ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Reich ▁( ), ▁Germany ' s ▁head ▁of ▁state ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 9 – 3 3 ▁We imar ▁Republic . ▁The ▁first ▁President , ▁Friedrich ▁E bert , ▁who ▁had ▁died ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁February ▁ 1 9 2 5 , ▁had ▁been ▁elected ▁indirect ly , ▁by ▁the ▁National ▁Assembly , ▁but ▁the ▁We imar ▁Constitution ▁required ▁that ▁his ▁successor ▁be ▁elected ▁by ▁the ▁" who le ▁German ▁people ". ▁Paul ▁von ▁H inden burg ▁was ▁elected ▁as ▁the ▁second ▁president ▁of ▁Germany ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁round ▁of ▁voting . ▁ ▁H inden burg ▁was ▁the ▁candidate ▁of ▁a ▁broad ▁coal ition ▁of ▁the ▁political ▁right . ▁Many ▁on ▁the ▁right ▁hoped ▁that ▁once ▁in ▁power ▁he ▁would ▁destroy ▁We imar ▁dem ocracy ▁from ▁the ▁inside ▁and ▁restore ▁the ▁pre - We imar ▁status ▁qu o . ▁The ▁two ▁other ▁candidates ▁who ▁were ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁chance ▁of ▁winning ▁were ▁Otto ▁Braun ▁of ▁the ▁Social ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁( SP D ) ▁and ▁Wilhelm ▁Marx ▁of ▁the ▁Centre ▁Party . ▁Both