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Georg Michaelis
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Key facts
- Monarch
- Wilhelm II
- Deputy
- Karl Helfferich
- Preceded by
- Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
- Succeeded by
- Georg von Hertling
- Born
- ( 1857-09-08 ) 8 September 1857, Haynau , Province of Silesia , Kingdom of Prussia
- Died
- 24 July 1936 (1936-07-24) (aged 78), Bad Saarow , Province of Brandenburg , Nazi Germany
- Party
- None as Chancellor, later the German National People's Party
- Spouse
- Margarete Schmidt
- Children
- Elisabeth , Charlotte , Emma , Georg Sylvester , Wilhelm , Eva , Martha
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ludwig
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nazi Germany
- Place of birth
- Chojnów
- Place of death
- Bad Saarow
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Educated at
- University of Wrocław
- Employer
- Dokkyo University
- Political party
- German National People's Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Field of work
- law
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2004-0720-500, Georg Michaelis.jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
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- Commons category
- Georg Michaelis (Reichskanzler)
- date of birth
- 1857-09-08
- date of death
- 1936-07-24
- name in native language
- Georg Michaelis
- archives at
- German Federal Archives
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Encyclopedic overview
Georg Michaelis (8 September 1857 – 24 July 1936) was the imperial chancellor of the German Empire for a few months in 1917 during the First World War. He was the first (and, in the German Empire, the only) commoner to hold the post, though the Supreme Army Command under Paul von Hindenburg had de facto control over the country.
After graduating from law school, Michaelis moved to Tokyo where he taught at the German Studies Society School. Upon his return to Germany, he joined the Prussian civil service. He was appointed undersecretary of state in the Prussian Finance Ministry in 1909, and from 1915 on he headed he headed the Imperial Grain Office and was responsible for food procurement in Prussia during the First World War.
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