Branch: Government
Born: 3 May 1849 in Klein-Flottbeck, Holstein.
Died: 28 October 1929 in Rome
Appointment's:
Chancellor of Germany 16 October 1902 to 13 July 1909
Minister-President of Prussia 1900 to 1909
Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs of German Empire
1897 to 1900
Foreign Minister of Prussia 1897 to 1909
Decorations:
Other: Personnel
Articles:
Bernhard Heinrich Martin, Prince von Bulow, was born at Klein-Flottbeck,
Holstein, May 3rd, 1849. He was educated at the universities
of Lausanne, Leipzig, and Berlin, and entered the army in
1870. He took part in the Franco-Prussian war, 1870-71. He
joined the diplomatic service in 1873, served as junior secretary
in the embassies at St Petersburg and Vienna and was one of
the officials of the Congress of Berlin in 1878. Bulow was
first secretary of Paris, 1878-84 at St Petersburg, 1884-88,
minister at Bucharest, 1893, and ambassador at Rome, 1893-97.
From 1897-1900 he was foreign secretary and in October 1900
was appointed chancellor and president of the Prussian Ministry
in succession to Prince Hohenlobe. He was made prince of the
German Empire in 1905 and retired from the chancellorship
in 1909. In December 1914 he was sent to Rome as an ambassador
but failed in his efforts to prevent the entry of Italy into
the Great War. His Imperial Germany, translated into English
by M.A. Lewenz, 1914 (revised edition, 1916) is a defence
of the policy of Germany and contains his theories of autocratic
rule and popular submission to authority. He died October
28th 1929.
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