Otto von Bismarck was born in 1815 in Schönhausen. He was a conservative Prussian statesman. From 1862 to 1890 he was Foreign Minister of Prussia, from 1867 to 1871 Chancellor of the North German Confederation and from 1862 until January 1873 and from November 1873 to 1890 Minister President of Prussia. From 1864 to 1871 he provoked the Wars of German Unification against Denmark, Austria and France and was thus highly involved in the creation of the German Empire in 1871, of which he was the first Chancellor between 1871 and 1890. He used balance of power diplomacy and was against the acquiring of German colonies. His internal politics were characterised by the creating of the first welfare state in the modern world, but also by his fight against the Catholic Church and the Socialists. In 1890 he was removed by Emperor Wilhelm II from his tenure, but he still kept his influence on the politics with his comments on his successors. He died in 1898 in Friedrichsruh.
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