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Leaders of the Central Powers of World War I

The leaders of the Central Powers of World War I were the political or military figures who commanded or supported the Central Powers during World War I.

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Austria-Hungary

  • Franz Joseph I − Emperor of Austria-Hungary
  • Karl I − Emperor of Austria-Hungary
  • Count Leopold Berchtold − Austrian Foreign Minister
  • István Tisza − Prime Minister of Hungary
  • Archduke Friedrich − Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army
  • Conrad von Hötzendorf − Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff
  • Arthur Arz von Straußenburg − Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff
  • Svetozar Boroević − Austro-Hungarian field marshal regarded as one of the finest defensive strategists of the war.
  • Anton Haus − Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
  • Maximilian Njegovan − Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
  • Miklós Horthy − Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
  • Milan Emil Uzelac - Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops
  • Franz Rohr von Denta - Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal

    • German Empire

  • Wilhelm II − German Emperor
  • Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg − Chancellor of the German Empire
  • Arthur Zimmermann − German foreign minister
  • Helmuth von Moltke − Chief of the German General Staff
  • Erich von Falkenhayn − Chief of the German General Staff
  • Paul von Hindenburg − Chief of the German General Staff
  • Alfred von Tirpitz − Admiral in the German Navy
  • Reinhard Scheer − Commander of the Imperial High Seas Fleet
  • Erich Ludendorff − Quartermaster general of the German Army
  • Leopold of Bavaria − Supreme Commander East
  • Max Hoffmann − Chief of Staff in the East
  • Jimenez S. Souchon − German Naval Advisor to the Ottoman Empire
  • Otto Liman von Sanders − German Army Advisor to the Ottoman Empire
  • Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck − German Army Commander of East Africa Campaign
  • Hermann von François − German Army General
  • Georg von der Marwitz − Prussian cavalry general in the German armies
  • August von Mackensen Field Marshal (Invasion of Romania)
  • Ernst von Hoeppner, Commanding General of the Air Service

    • Ottoman Empire

  • Mehmed V − Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
  • Mehmed VI − Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
  • Said Halim Pasha − Ottoman Grand Vizier
  • Enver Pasha − Commander-in-Chief of the Ottoman Army
  • Fritz Bronsart von Schellendorf − Chief of the Ottoman General Staff
  • Djemal Pasha − Commander of the 4th Army in Syria, Minister of the Navy
  • Talaat Pasha − Ottoman Grand Vizier, Minister of Finance, Minister of Interior
  • Mustafa Kemal Pasha − Commander of the Second Army
  • Fevzi Pasha − Commander of 7th Army in Palestine, II Caucasian Corps
  • Halil Sami Bey − Commander of the Ottoman 9th Division
  • Cevat Pasha − Commander of the Dardanelles Fortified Area Command
  • Nihat Pasha − Commander of the Dardanelles Fortified Area Command
  • Selâhattin Pasha − Commander of the Dardanelles Fortified Area Command
  • Fakhri Pasha − Commander of the XII Corps
  • Hafiz Hakki Pasha − Commander of the Third Army
  • Ahmed Izzet Pasha − Commander of the Second Army and Third Army
  • Nureddin Pasha − Commander of the Iraq Area Command
  • Osman Fuad − Commander of the Africa Groups Command
  • Big Ahmed Fevzi Pasha − Commander of the IX Corps and XV Corps
  • Faik Pasha − Commander of the II Corps
  • Cemil Pasha − Commander of the 36th Regiment
  • Cemil Cahit Pasha − Commander of the 53rd Regiment

    • Bulgaria (1915-1918)

  • Ferdinand I − Tsar of Bulgaria
  • Vasil Radoslavov − Prime Minister of Bulgaria
  • Nikola Zhekov − Commander-in-Chief of the Bulgarian Army
  • Georgi Todorov − commander of the 2nd Army, deputy Commander-in-Chief
  • Konstantin Zhostov − Chief of the Bulgarian General Staff
  • Vladimir Vazov − Bulgarian Lieutenant General

    • Sultanate of Darfur

  • Ali Dinar - Sultan of Darfur
  • Ramadan Ali

    • Dervish State

  • Mohammed Abdullah Hassan - Somali leader of the Dervish State
  • Hasna Doreh - female commander of the Dervish state

    • South African Republic (1914-1915)

  • Manie Maritz - Boer leading rebel of the Maritz Rebellion
  • Christiaan de Wet - Boer rebel and politician
  • Christian Frederick Beyers - Boer general killed by drowning in the Vaal River
  • Jan Kemp - Boer general

    • Jabal Shammar

  • Saud bin Abdulaziz − Amir of Jabal Shammar

    • Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918)

  • Samad bey Mehmandarov - Azerbaijani General of Artillery and Minister of Defense
  • Ali-Agha Shikhlinski - Lieutenant General and Deputy Minister of Defense

    • References

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