Leo von Caprivi
German Chancellor and Prussian General of the Infantry and Prime Minister (1831-1899)
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Updated 2026-06-09
The general who stepped into Bismarck's shadow and lasted four years. Caprivi tried reconciliation where his predecessor had imposed will — looser tariffs, social reform, dropping Russia for a British tilt that never arrived — and the right tore him apart for it.
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Born into a Prussian noble family of Italian descent on 24 February 1831, Georg Leo von Caprivi rose through the army ranks and distinguished himself as chief of staff of the X Army Corps during the Franco-Prussian War. Appointed chief of the Imperial German Navy in 1883, he clashed with Wilhelm II over naval strategy and resigned in 1888. Two years later Wilhelm forced Bismarck out and named Caprivi chancellor and Prussian minister-president. He pursued Wilhelm's "new course": abandoned the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia, traded Zanzibar for Heligoland and the Caprivi Strip hoping for a Briti…
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