Who was Adolf Hitler's immediate predecessor as chancellor of Germany?

This story is about a power grab. On 30 January 1933 Hitler was named as chancellor of a "Government of National Concentration" by Paul von Hindenburg; as chancellor Hitler succeeded Kurt von Schleicher.

The chancellor is the head of government of Germany, but not the head of state; the head of state in 1933 was Hindenburg, the second president of Germany. On 2 August 1934, Hindenburg died. The previous day, the cabinet had enacted the "Law Concerning the Highest State Office of the Reich" which stated that upon Hindenburg's death, the office of president would be abolished and its powers merged with those of the chancellor. Hitler then became head of state as well as head of government and was formally named as Führer und Reichskanzler (leader and chancellor).

Kurt von Schleicher was born on the 7th of April, 1882. He was the last Chancellor of Weimar Republic. He was an important player in the German Army's efforts to avoid the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, one of the peace treaties of the WWI. On the 30th of June, 1934 Schleicher and his wife were assassinated by Hitler's order.