Georg Michaelis was the chancellor of the German Empire for a few months in 1917.
13 Facts About Georg Michaelis
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Georg Michaelis was the first chancellor not of noble birth to hold the office.
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Georg Michaelis, born in Haynau in the Prussian Province of Silesia, grew up in Frankfurt.
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Georg Michaelis studied jurisprudence at the University of Breslau, the University of Leipzig and the University of Wurzburg from 1876 to 1884, becoming a Doctor of Laws.
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Army commander Paul von Hindenburg agreed because Georg Michaelis was the army's man.
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Georg Michaelis had visited the OHL on several occasions in his position as Undersecretary of State in the Prussian Ministry of Finance and Commissioner of Food Supplies, when his brusque manner had made a good impression on staff officers present.
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Georg Michaelis was described as "Germany's first bourgeois chancellor", as he was the only non-titled person to serve as chief minister during the Hohenzollern monarchy's 400-year rule over Prussia and Germany.
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The unenviable task to spell out the myth of a German victory fell to Georg Michaelis, still obliged to the Kaiser and OHL in a report to the Conference.
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Still dominated by the obsession with seaports for the Reich, Georg Michaelis demanded access in Dalmatia from the Austrians, as well as those on the Belgian coast.
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Georg Michaelis blamed the socialists in the Reichstag hoping to split the coalition.
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Georg Michaelis remained in this position until 1 November 1917, when he was forced to resign after coming under fire for refusing to commit himself by endorsing a resolution passed by the Reichstag favouring peace without annexation or indemnities.
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Georg Michaelis attempted to retain his role as Prussian Minister President, but without success as Count Hertling was determined that the two posts could not be separated.
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Georg Michaelis died on 24 July 1936 in Bad Saarow-Pieskow at the age of 78.