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Georg Leo Graf von Caprivi de Caprara de Montecuccoli (
English:
Count George Leo of Caprivi, Caprara, and Montecuccoli, born
Georg Leo von Caprivi;
February 24,
1831 –
February 6,
1899) was a
German major general and
statesman, who succeeded
Otto von Bismarck as
Chancellor of Germany. Caprivi served as German Chancellor from March 1890 to October 1894.
Biography
Born in
Charlottenburg at Berlin to a family of
Italian and
Slovenian origin, Caprivi entered the army in 1849 and served in the
Austro-Prussian War in 1866 and the
Franco-Prussian War in 1870, the latter as a
corps Chief of Staff. From 1883 to 1888 he served as Chief of the Imperial Admiralty, a position in which he showed significant administrative talent. He was briefly appointed to the command of the Tenth Army Corps (stationed in
Hanover), before being summoned to
Berlin by
Wilhelm II in February 1890. Caprivi was informed that he was the Kaiser's intended choice should Bismarck prove resistant to Wilhelm's proposed changes to the government, and upon Bismarck's dismissal on March 18, Caprivi became chancellor. Ironically he'd said beforehand, "What jackass would dare to succeed Bismarck?"
Caprivi's administration was marked by what is known to historians as the "New Course" in both foreign and domestic policy, with moves towards conciliation of the
Social Democrats on the domestic front, and towards a pro-
British foreign policy, exemplified by the
Zanzibar treaty of July 1890, in which the British ceded the island of
Heligoland to
Germany in exchange for control of Zanzibar. This led to animosity from the colonialist pressure-groups in Germany, while Caprivi's free trading policies led to opposition from conservative agrarian protectionists. He also managed to obtain the
Caprivi Strip, which was added to
German South West Africa, thus linking that territory with the
Zambezi River, which he'd hoped to use for trade and communications with eastern Africa (the river proved to be unnavigable).
In 1892, following a legislative defeat on an educational bill, Caprivi resigned as
Prussian Minister-President and replaced by Count
Botho zu Eulenburg, leading to an untenable division of powers between the Chancellor and the Prussian premier, ultimately leading to the dismissal of both in 1894 and their succession by Prince
Chlodwig of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.
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