Who were the Leaders for central powers?

Answer 1

The central powers were:

• The Austro-Hungarian Empire
• The German Empire
• The Ottoman Empire
• The Kingdom of Bulgaria

Franz Joseph I was the leader of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Wilhelm II led the German Empire. The Ottoman Empire was led by Sultan Mehmed V. The kingdom of Bulgaria was led by Premier Vasil Radoslavov.

Franz Joseph I ruled from December 1848 until 21 November 1916. He left all military decisions regarding the war to various government officials and got to the point where he knew victory was impossible and that the Empire would most likely break up. He reigned for almost 68 years, until he died in 1916.

Wilhelm II, formally known as Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Preußen (but known in English as Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia), was a grandson of the British Queen Victoria. He ruled from 15 June 1888 until 18 November 1918. He was a very ineffective monarch and made many blunders. He supported Austria in the 1914 crisis, which led to World War I. He also made many major decisions on his own and allowed his generals to dictate policy. He ignored the civilian government and eventually lost the support of the army, abdicating in November 1918 and fleeing to the Netherlands, where he was exiled.

Sultan Mehmed V was the son of a Sultan who reigned from 27 April 1909 to 3 July 1918. He did not have much political power and many decisions regarding the Empire in World War I were made by the Three Pashas (Enver Pasha, Talat Pasha, and Cemal Pasha). Mehmed V's only notable political act was to officially declare Jihad against the Allies in November 1914. However, this declaration didn't have much of an impact on the war even though many Muslims lived in the Ottoman territories.

Vasil Radoslavov was a Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister twice. Throughout much of WWI, he was Premier of the country. He studied in Heidelberg and began supporting Germany. He had a strong support for a strong relationship with Austria-Hungary and was very anti-Russia. He initially had much German and Austrian-Hungarian support, but after the entry into the war, support decreased significantly. Eventually, his government became very corrupt and subservient to Germany. After the war, Radoslavov fled into exile in Germany, where he died in 1929.