Georg von Hertling

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Georg Graf von Hertling
Chancellor of the German Empire
In office November 1, 1917 – September 30, 1918
Preceded by	Georg Michaelis
Succeeded by	Prince Maximilian of Baden
Born	August 31, 1843
Died	January 4, 1919
Political party	Centre

Georg Graf von Hertling (August 31, 1843 – January 4, 1919) was a Bavarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Bavaria and as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1917 to 1918. He was old when he became Chancellor and was unable to overcome the power of the military high command, led by Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff, despite having been a deputy to the Reichstag and a leader of the Centre Party. (He was required to resign his seat when he took office under the Kaiser.)

In civil life he was a professor of philosophy.

He founded the most important German catholic fraternity Askania-Burgundia and was a member of K.St.V. Arminia at Bonn.

His great-granddaughter is actress Gila von Weitershausen.

Political offices
Preceded by: Clemens Graf von Podewils-Dürnitz	Prime Minister of Bavaria 1912–1917	Succeeded by: Otto Ritter von Dandl
Preceded by: Georg Michaelis	Chancellor of Germany 1917–1918	Succeeded by: Prince Maximilian of Baden
	Prime Minister of Prussia 1917–1918

Chancellors of Germany
Bismarck, Caprivi, Hohenlohe, Bülow, Bethmann-Hollweg, Michaelis, Hertling, Baden, Ebert, Scheidemann, Bauer, Müller, Fehrenbach, Wirth, Cuno, Stresemann, Marx, Luther, Marx, Müller, Brüning, Papen, Schleicher, Hitler, Goebbels, Krosigk, Adenauer, Erhard, Kiesinger, Brandt, Schmidt, Kohl, Schröder, Merkel

Prime Ministers of Prussia
Arnim-Boitzenburg, Camphausen, Auerswald, Pfuel, Brandenburg, Ladenberg, Manteuffel, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Bismarck, Roon, Bismarck, Caprivi, Eulenburg, Hohenlohe, Bülow, Bethmann-Hollweg, Michaelis, Hertling, Baden, Hirsch, Braun, Stegerwald, Braun, Marx, Braun, Göring