Hertling cabinet

{{Short description|1917–18 cabinet of the German Empire}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox government cabinet | cabinet_name = Cabinet of Georg von Hertling | cabinet_type =  | cabinet_number = 7th | jurisdiction = the [[German Empire]] | flag = File:Flag of the German Empire.svg | flag_border = true | incumbent = 1917 – 1918 | image = File:Georg von Hertling portrait (cropped).jpg | caption = Chancellor Georg von Hertling | date_formed = 1 November 1917 | date_dissolved = 3 October 1918 ({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=11|day1=1|year1=1917|month2=10|day2=3|year2=1918}}) | government_head_title = [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] | government_head = [[Georg von Hertling]] | deputy_government_head_title = [[Vice Chancellor of Germany|Vice Chancellor]] | deputy_government_head = [[Karl Helfferich]] (until 24 October 1917) [[Friedrich von Payer]] (from 9 November 1917) | government_head_history = | state_head_title = [[German emperor|Emperor]] | state_head = [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]] | members_number = | former_members_number = | total_number = | political_parties = ''Supported by:'' [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] [[Centre Party (Germany)|Centre Party]] [[National Liberal Party (Germany)|National Liberal Party]] [[Progressive People's Party (Germany)|Progressive People's Party]] | legislature_status = [[Majority government]] | opposition_cabinet = | opposition_party =  | opposition_leader =  | election = [[1912 German federal election|1912 federal election]] | last_election = | legislature_term = 13th [[Reichstag (German Empire)|Reichstag]] of the German Empire | budget = | advice_and_consent1 = | advice_and_consent2 =  | incoming_formation = | outgoing_formation = | previous = [[Georg Michaelis|Michaelis cabinet]] | successor = [[Baden cabinet]] }}

The '''Hertling cabinet''', headed by [[Georg von Hertling]] of the [[Centre Party (Germany)|Centre Party]], was the seventh government of the [[German Empire]] and the first that had come about after consulting with the majority parties in the Reichstag. The cabinet took office on 1 November 1917 when it replaced the [[Georg Michaelis|Michaelis cabinet]], which had been dismissed after losing the support of [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Emperor Wilhelm II]] and most parties in the Reichstag.

Hertling belonged to the right wing of the Catholic Centre Party, and was against a parliamentarisation of the German Empire. The left wing around [[Matthias Erzberger]] took the opposite view, and the broad centre of the party wanted to take into account the views of the right wing, but also took note of the wishes of Catholic workers for democratisation. The Centre did not want to put obstacles in the way of parliamentarisation, but did not take active steps to prevent a split in the party. Hertling's chancellorship meant that the Centre and the left Liberals took account of the conservative elements. The latter could thus get used to a parliamentary way of governing.<ref>Manfred Rauh: ''Die Parlamentarisierung des Deutschen Reiches,'' Droste Verlag: Düsseldorf 1977, p. 383, 384 and 386.</ref>

The Social Democrats did not join the cabinet, not wanting to render the process of forming a government even more difficult. However, they supported the cabinet in parliament.

==Members== The cabinet consisted of the following ministers: {{Cabinet table start | hidepartycol = n | hiderefcol = y }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellorship]] | minister1 = [[Georg von Hertling]] | minister1_termstart = 1 November 1917 | minister1_termend = 3 October 1918 | minister1_party = Centre Party (Germany) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = [[Vice-Chancellor of Germany|Vice-Chancellorship]] | minister1 = [[Karl Helfferich]] | minister1_termstart = 1 November 1917 | minister1_termend = 24 October 1918 | minister1_party = Independent (politician) | minister2 = [[Friedrich von Payer]] | minister2_termstart = 9 November 1917 | minister2_termend = 3 October 1918 | minister2_party = Progressive People's Party (Germany) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)|Foreign Affairs]] | minister1 = [[Richard von Kühlmann]] | minister1_termstart = 1 November 1917 | minister1_termend = 9 July 1918 | minister1_party = Independent (politician) | minister2 = [[Paul von Hintze]] | minister2_termstart = 9 July 1918 | minister2_termend = 3 October 1918 | minister2_party = Independent (politician) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|Interior]] | minister1 = [[Max Wallraf]] | minister1_termstart = 1 November 1917 | minister1_termend = 3 October 1918 | minister1_party = Independent (politician) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = [[Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany)|Justice]] | minister1 = [[Paul von Krause]] | minister1_termstart = 1 November 1917 | minister1_termend = 3 October 1918 | minister1_party = National Liberal Party (Germany) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = [[German Imperial Naval Office|Navy]] | minister1 = [[Eduard von Capelle]] | minister1_termstart = 1 November 1917 | minister1_termend = 3 October 1918 | minister1_party = Independent (politician) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = [[List of German economics ministers|Economic Affairs]] | minister1 = [[Rudolf Schwander ]] | minister1_termstart = 1 November 1917 | minister1_termend = 20 November 1917 | minister1_party = Independent (politician) | minister2 = [[Hans Karl von Stein zu Nord- und Ostheim]] | minister2_termstart = 20 November 1917 | minister2_termend = 3 October 1918 | minister2_party = Independent (politician) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = [[List of Federal Ministers of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (Germany)|Food Supply]] | minister1 = [[Wilhelm von Waldow]] | minister1_termstart = 1 November 1917 | minister1_termend = 3 October 1918 | minister1_party = Independent (politician) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = [[List of German postal ministers|Postal Affairs]] | minister1 = [[Otto Rüdlin]] | minister1_termstart = 1 November 1917 | minister1_termend = 3 October 1918 | minister1_party = Independent (politician) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = {{ill|Ministry of the Treasury (Germany)|de|Reichsschatzministerium|lt=Treasury}} | minister1 = [[Siegfried Graf von Roedern]] | minister1_termstart = 1 November 1917 | minister1_termend = 3 October 1918 | minister1_party = Independent (politician) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = [[Imperial Colonial Office|Colonial Affairs]] | minister1 = [[Wilhelm Solf]] | minister1_termstart = 1 November 1917 | minister1_termend = 3 October 1918 | minister1_party = Independent (politician) }} {{Cabinet table end}}

== Further reading == * ''Regenten und Regierungen der Welt,'' Vols 2,3. ''Neueste Zeit: 1492–1917,'' ed. by B. Spuler; 2. edition, Würzburg, Ploetz, 1962.

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