Hertling cabinet

The Hertling cabinet was in office under Kaiser Wilhelm II from October 25, 1917 to October 4, 1918 . It was the first cabinet of the empire that came into being after deliberation of the majority parties in the Reichstag . The Social Democrats did not enter the cabinet because they did not want to complicate the formation of a government, which was already difficult. But they supported the cabinet in parliament.

history

A total of 397 seats

Georg von Hertling (1843–1919) belonged to the right wing of the Catholic center and was against parliamentarizing the empire. The left wing of the center around Matthias Erzberger was of the opposite opinion, while the broad center of the center wanted to show consideration for the right wing, but also saw the desire among Catholic workers for democratization. The center did not want to put any obstacles in the way of parliamentarization and did not itself take any initiative to prevent a split in the center. Hertling's chancellorship became possible because the center and the left-wing liberals showed consideration for the restrained forces. They were able to get used to a mode of government in which the parliamentary principle was more effective than before.

composition

Hertling cabinet October 25, 1917 to October 4, 1918
Chancellor	Georg von Hertling	center
Vice Chancellor	Karl Helfferich until November 9, 1917	independent conservative
Vice Chancellor	Friedrich von Payer	FVP
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Richard von Kühlmann until July 9, 1918	independent
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Paul von Hintze	independent
Interior	Max Wallraf	independent conservative
Judiciary	Paul von Krause	independent national liberal
marine	Eduard von Capelle	independent
economy	Rudolf Schwander until November 20, 1917	independent
economy	Hans Karl von Stein zu Nordheim and Ostheim	independent
nutrition	Wilhelm von Waldow	independent conservative
post Office	Otto Rudlin	independent
treasure	Siegfried von Roedern	independent
Colonies	Wilhelm Solf	independent liberal