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Georg Michaelis (8 September 1857 – 24 July 1936) was the chancellor of the German Empire for a few months in 1917. He was the first (and the only one of the German Empire) chancellor not of noble birth to hold the office.
Georg Michaelis (born Sept. 8, 1857, Haynau, Prussia—died July 24, 1936, Bad Saarow-Pieskow, Ger.) was a German politician and imperial chancellor during World War I, whose government was completely dependent on the military supreme command and lasted only 15 weeks.
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Georg Michaelis is usually portrayed as the politically failed chancellor of 1917. His resignation after fourteen weeks in office was the first overthrow of a Reich chancellor initiated by Reichstag political parties.
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Georg Michaelis (8 September 1857 – 24 July 1936) was the chancellor of the German Empire for a few months in 1917. He was the first (and the only one of the German Empire) chancellor not of noble birth to hold the office.
Max Ludwig Georg Michaelis (* 8. September 1857 in Haynau, Schlesien; † 24. Juli 1936 in Bad Saarow, Mark Brandenburg) war ein deutscher Jurist und Politiker. Er war vom 14. Juli bis 1. November 1917 für dreieinhalb Monate Reichskanzler und preußischer Ministerpräsident . Michaelis war zuvor Unterstaatssekretär gewesen und galt als eher unerfahren.
Georg Michaelis (1857-1936) was Bethmann-Hollweg's successor as German Chancellor in July 1917, and was sufficiently obscure that the Kaiser, Wilhelm II (who had rejected two earlier nominees), had only the vaguest idea who he was.
Georg Michaelis (gā´ôrkh mĬkh´äā´lĬs), 1857–1936, German chancellor (July–Oct., 1917). A Prussian bureaucrat, he succeeded Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg as imperial chancellor and was dominated by the military leaders, particularly Erich Ludendorff.
