von Bismarck, Otto

*		1818
†		1898

Beruf
German politician

Überblick

	1851-1862 diplomat in the service of Prussia
	leading member of the Conservative Party
	1861-1890 Prussian Minister President
	1867-1871 Chancellor of the North German Federation
	provokes the Franco-German war (1870/71) through publication of the so-called Ems dispatch
	1871 designated as Reichs Chancellor by proclamation of Wilhelm I
	1878 fights against the social democrats through the Socialist Statute
	in foreign policy he pursues the consolidation of the Reich
	1890 dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II

Siehe auch

von Hohenzollern, Wilhelm II.