Georg Michaelis

(1857-1936)

Former Chancellor of the German Empire and Minister President of Prussia

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Georg Michaelis (8 September 1857 – 24 July 1936) was Chancellor of Germany for a few months in 1917. He was the first chancellor not of noble birth to hold the office. With an economic background in business, Michaelis' main achievement was to encourage the ruling classes to open peace talks with Russia. Contemplating that the end of the war was near, he encouraged infrastructure development to facilitate recovery at war's end through the media of Mitteleuropa. A somewhat humourless character, known for process engineering, Michaelis was faced with insurmountable problems of logistics and supply in his brief period as chancellor.

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Born	8 September 1857 Haynau, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	24 July 1936 (aged 78) Bad Saarow, Province of Brandenburg, Nazi Germany
Zodiac	Virgo
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