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| Order: | 6th Chancellor of Germany |
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| Term of Office: | July 14, 1917– October 31, 1917 |
| Predecessor: | Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg |
| Successor: | Georg von Hertling |
| Date of Birth: | September 8, 1857 |
| Date of Death: | July 21, 1936 |
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| Profession: | lawyer |
Georg Michaelis ( September 8, 1857– July 21, 1936) was the first Chancellor of Germany of non-noble background.
He was born in Haynau and raised in Frankfurt an der Oder. He studied jurisprudenceJurisprudence (from Latin: juris prudentia by the activity of prudentes advisors, experts), is the philosophy, science, study, and application of law. History Jurisprudence already had this meaning in ancient Rome, even if at its origins the discipline wa in BreslauWroclaw (in Polish pronounced: Media:Wroclaw. ogg|[:vrwaf]]], Czech Vratislav Latin: Wratislavia German Breslau is a city in Silesia in southwestern Poland, situated on the Oder River. As of ( 2003) the city had a population of 638,666. It is the principa, LeipzigLeipzig [ˈlaiptsɪç] ( Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk is the largest city in the federal state ( Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. The name is derived from the Slavic word (see Sorbian) Lipsk (settlement where the linden trees stand). It is s and WürzburgWurzburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. Located on the Main river, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken. For the German World War II radar system of the same name see Wuerzburg radar''. The city of Wurzburg is not included in Wurzburg (d from 1876 to 1884, earning a PhD. From 1885 to 1889 he lived and worked in Tokyo as a law professor.
After that, he became a member of the Prussian administration. In 1909, he was appointed undersecretary of state to the Prussian Treasury in Berlin. From 1915 onwards he was leader of the Reichsgetreidestelle, an office in which he was responsible for the administration of Prussian corn and wheat in the First World War.
After Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg was forced to resign, on July 14, 1917 Michaelis became Reichskanzler of Germany as well as Minister President of Prussia. He remained in this position until October 31, 1917, when he was forced to resign because he was increasingly seen as a puppet of Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff of the General Staff.
From April 1, 1918 to March 31, 1919 he was Oberpräsident of the Prussian province of Pomerania. After the end of World War I he cooperated with the local workers' and soldiers' council. Nevertheless, he was soon replaced by the Socialist dominated government of Prussia.
After his dismissal, Michaelis worked in the fields of economic lobbying, in student organisations, in the Lutheran church synod of Prussia and became a member of the German National People's Party (DNVP). In 1921, he published his memoirs, Für Staat und Volk. Eine Lebensgeschichte.
| Preceded by: Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg | Chancellor of Germany 1917 | Succeeded by: Count Georg von Hertling |
| Prime Minister of Prussia 1917 |