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Otto von Bismarck ( 1815 - 1898 ) was a Prussian statesman. He engineered a series of wars that unified the German states under Prussian leadership. In 1862, King Wilhelm I appointed him as Minister president of Prussia. Wilhelm I was proclaimed German Emperor in 1871. In 1871, Bismarck was appointed as the first imperial Chancellor ( Reichkanzelar ) of the German Empire. Answer: Otto von Bismarck was appointed as the Chancellor of Germany by King Wilhelm I in 1871.
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Otto von Bismarck was appointed Chancellor of Germany by King Wilhelm I in 1871.
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Otto von Bismarck was Minster President and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Prussia. He used Realpolitik (reality politics) methods to increase Prussian power and align other German states together with Prussia into the German Empire. In his leadership of Prussia, Bismarck helped create wars with neighboring countries to increase national pride among the German people. The main wars that Bismarck provoked in increasing national pride and unity among the German people were the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71). Following the Francp-Prussian War, the German Empire was established, and Wilhelm I appointed Bismarck to the position of Chancellor.
