Georg Michaelis

Order:	6th Chancellor of Germany
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
Political Party:
Profession:	lawyer

Georg Michaelis (September 8, 1857–July 21, 1936) was the first Chancellor of Germany of non-noble background. dhm File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg ( November 29, 1856– January 1, 1921) was a German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917. ... Count Georg von Hertling (August 31, 1843–January 4, 1919) was a Bavarian politician who served as Imperial Chancellor of Germany from 1917 to 1918. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This is a list of political parties in Germany. ... A profession is a specialized work function within society, generally performed by a professional. ... A lawyer is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law (and in other forms of dispute resolution). ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The head of government in Germany has traditionally been called Kanzler (Chancellor). ...

He was born in Haynau and raised in Frankfurt an der Oder. He studied jurisprudence in Breslau, Leipzig and Würzburg from 1876 to 1884, becoming dr. juris. From 1885 to 1889 he lived and worked in Tokyo as a law professor of the Law School of the Society for German Sciences. Frankfurt (Oder) [ˈfraÅ‹kfÊŠrt] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Frankobord) is a town in Brandenburg, Germany located on the river Oder, on the German-Polish border directly opposite the city of SÅ‚ubice. ... Jurisprudence is the scientific and historic study of law, inclusive of: Legal history, including legal historiography and hermeneutics; Legal philosophy; Legal science, e. ... Wrocław. ... Map of Germany showing Leipzig   Leipzig? [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Polish; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... Würzburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The modern skyline of Tokyo is highly decentralized. ...

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. The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... World War I was a basically European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns and poison gas. ...

After Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg was forced to resign, on July 14, 1917 Michaelis became Chancellor 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. Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg ( November 29, 1856– January 1, 1921) was a German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The head of government in Germany has traditionally been called Kanzler (Chancellor). ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: PrÅ«sai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Paul von Hindenburg President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg (full name Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) (October 2, 1847 – August 2, 1934) was a German Field Marshal and statesman. ... General Erich Ludendorff Erich Ludendorff (sometimes given incorrectly as Erich von Ludendorff) (April 9, 1865 – December 20, 1937, Tutzing, Bavaria, Germany) was a German Army officer, noted as a general during World War I. Ludendorff was born in Kruszewnia near Posen, Prussia (now PoznaÅ„, Poland). ...

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. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

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. The German National Peoples Party (German: Deutschnationale Volkspartei) (DNVP) was a right wing national_conservative party in Germany during the time of the Weimar Republic. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Bibliography

• Becker, Bert: Georg Michaelis: ein preußischer Jurist im Japan der Meiji-Zeit; Briefe, Tagebuchnotizen, Dokumente 1885-1889. München: Iudicium 2001.
• Regulski, Christoph: Die Reichskanzlerschaft von Georg Michaelis 1917: Deutschlands Entwicklung zur parlamentarisch-demokratischen Monarchie im Ersten Weltkrieg. Marburg: Tectum-Verlag 2003.