Georg von Hertling | |
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.jpg) Hertling in 1919 | |
| Chancellor of the German Empire | |
| In office 1 November 1917 – 30 September 1918 | |
| Monarch | Wilhelm II |
| Deputy | Karl Helfferich Friedrich von Payer |
| Preceded by | Georg Michaelis |
| Succeeded by | Max von Baden |
| Minister President of Prussia | |
| In office 1 November 1917 – 30 September 1918 | |
| Monarch | Wilhelm II |
| Preceded by | Georg Michaelis |
| Succeeded by | Max von Baden |
| Minister President of Bavaria | |
| In office 9 February 1912 – 10 November 1917 | |
| Monarchs | Otto Ludwig III |
| Preceded by | Clemens von Podewils-Dürniz |
| Succeeded by | Otto von Dandl |
| Member of the Reichstag | |
| In office 1896–1912 | |
| Constituency | Münster 2 (1903-1912) Schwaben 4 (1898-1903) Köln 4 (1896-1898) |
| In office 1875–1890 | |
| Constituency | Koblenz 3 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Georg Friedrich Freiherr von Hertling 31 August 1843 Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Confederation |
| Died | 4 January 1919 (aged 75) Ruhpolding, People's State of Bavaria, Weimar Republic |
| Political party | Centre |
| Spouse |
Anna Freiin von Biegeleben
(m. 1845) |
| Children | 3 |
Georg Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Hertling, from 1914 Count von Hertling, (31 August 1843 – 4 January 1919) was a German politician of the Catholic Centre Party. He was foreign minister and minister president of Bavaria, then chancellor of the German Reich and minister president of Prussia from 1 November 1917 to 30 September 1918. He was the first party politician to hold the two offices; all the others were career civil servants or military men.
Hertling's Catholicism played an important role in both his academic and political life. He belonged to the conservative wing of the Centre party and resisted moves towards making the government dependent on the will of parliament rather than on the emperor, a stance that helped bring down his government in the final months of World War I.