Portrait of Georg Michaelis

Georg Michaelis

German civil servant and chancellor

Lived
1857–1936
Country
Germany

Updated September 2026

About Georg Michaelis

Georg Michaelis was the imperial chancellor of the German Empire for a few months in 1917 during the First World War. He was the first commoner to hold the post, though the Supreme Army Command under Paul von Hindenburg had de facto control over the country.

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