POLITICIAN

Leo von Caprivi

1831 - 1899

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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; 24 February 1831 – 6 February 1899) was a German general and statesman. He served as the chancellor of the German Empire from March 1890 to October 1894. During his tenure as chancellor, Caprivi promoted industrial and commercial development, and concluded numerous bilateral treaties for reduction of tariff barriers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leo von Caprivi has received more than 546,538 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Leo von Caprivi is the 1,469th most popular politician (down from 1,408th in 2019), the 391st most popular biography from Germany (down from 390th in 2019) and the 108th most popular German Politician.

Leo von Caprivi was a German general and statesman who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1890 to 1894. He is most famous for being the first German Chancellor to have been born in a foreign country.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leo von Caprivi ranks 1,469 out of 19,576. Before him are Yeonsangun of Joseon, Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, Jiajing Emperor, Porfirio Díaz, Masinissa, and Charles III of Naples. After him are Urho Kekkonen, Koxinga, Uzziah, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Alexios IV Angelos, and Anthemius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Leo von Caprivi ranks 12. Before him are Emperor Kōmei, John Stith Pemberton, Xianfeng Emperor, Richard Dedekind, Cheoljong of Joseon, and Savitribai Phule. After him are Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Johann Martin Schleyer, Eduard Suess, Joseph Joachim, Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, and Victorien Sardou. Among people deceased in 1899, Leo von Caprivi ranks 4. Before him are Johann Strauss II, Alfred Sisley, and Robert Bunsen. After him are Félix Faure, Rosa Bonheur, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Sophus Lie, Paul Reuter, Ernest Chausson, and Giovanni Segantini.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Leo von Caprivi ranks 391 out of 7,253. Before him are Christopher of Bavaria (1416), Hermann Fegelein (1906), Adolf Windaus (1876), James Franck (1882), Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780), and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864). After him are Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911), Frederica of Hanover (1917), Franz Bopp (1791), Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776), Sepp Maier (1944), and Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Leo von Caprivi ranks 108. Before him are Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845), Christian V of Denmark (1646), Ernst Thälmann (1886), Joachim Gauck (1940), Chlodio (393), and Christopher of Bavaria (1416). After him are Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911), Hans Luther (1879), Louise Mountbatten (1889), Robert Ley (1890), Otto of Bavaria (1848), and Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795).

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