Georg Michaelis
German civil servant and chancellor (1857-1936)
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- 1857
- Died
- 1936
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- 1961-01-31
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- 2025-08-17
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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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1857 births1936 deaths20th-century chancellors of Germany20th-century German juristsForeign advisors to the government in Meiji-era JapanForeign educators in JapanForeign ministers of PrussiaGerman Empire politiciansGerman expatriates in JapanGerman monarchistsGerman National People's Party politiciansGerman people of World War I