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Georg von Hertling
1919Jan, 4

Georg von Hertling

Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
Georg Friedrich Karl Freiherr (from 1914 Graf) von Hertling (31 August 1843 – 4 January 1919) was a German politician who served as the minister-president of Bavaria from 1912 to 1917 and then as the minister-president of Prussia and chancellor of the German Empire from 1917 to 1918. He was the first party politician to hold the office.

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