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Karl Ochsenbein
Karl Ochsenbein1953.png
Ochsenbein in 1953
Chancellor of West Besmenia
In office
21 July 1928 – 9 May 1954
Preceded byHolger Kainfink
Succeeded byLars Schreim
Leader of the Besmenian National Union
In office
28 April 1922 – 9 May 1954
Preceded byHarald Dowall
Succeeded byLars Schreim
Personal details
Born
Karl Friedrich Ochsenbein

29 August 1879
Berkafurt, Frankenburg, Kingdom of Besmenia
Died9 May 1954
Melmingen, District of Melmingen, West Besmenia
Political partyBesmenian National Union
SpouseErna Koch (m. 1909)
ChildrenFrida Ochsenbein
Military service
Years of service1918-1920
Battles/warsBesmenian Civil War

Karl Friedrich Ochsenbein (29 August 1879 - 9 May 1954) was a Besmenian politician, who was from 1928 until his death in 1954 the dictator of West Besmenia.

Early Years

Childhood

Early Adulthood

Soldier in the Civil War

Politics

Chancellor of West Besmenia (1928-1954)

Ochsenbein in 1931

World War

Ochsenbein's cult of personality

West Besmenian class room with a Ochsenbein portrait in 1956.

During his time as chancellor and after his death, the government practiced a personality cult around Ochsenbein. For example, every day on state television the "Ochsenbein song" was played at the start of the broadcast until 1966. It was common that a portrait of Ochsenbein to be hung in school classrooms and public buildings. During the West Besmenian Revolution, many of the Ochsenbein portraits were thrown away on the streets by opponents.

Death

Personal life