æz ʃˈɛf dˈɛɹ ˈædmɚɹˌælɪtˌɛt fɹʌm mˈɑːɹtʃ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪntiːn tɹˈɑːθə wʌzɐ nˈɑːnvˈoʊɾɪŋ ˈɛksəfˈɪsɪˌoʊ mˈɛmbɚɹ ʌvðə fˈɜːst tˈuː kˈæbᵻnəts ʌvðə wˈaɪmɚ ɹᵻpˈʌblɪk, ðə ʃˈeɪdᵻmən kˈæbᵻnət ænd ðə bˈaʊɚ kˈæbᵻnət fɹʌm mˈɑːɹtʃ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪntiːn ʌntˈɪl mˈɑːɹtʃ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti.
As Chef der Admiralität from March 1919 Trotha was a (non-voting) ex-officio member of the first two cabinets of the Weimar Republic, the Scheidemann cabinet and the Bauer cabinet from March 1919 until March 1920.