Michael Stürmer

Michael Stürmer
Born (1938-09-29) September 29, 1938
OccupationHistorian
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Marburg
ThesisKoalition und Opposition in der Weimarer Republik 1924–1928 (1965)
Doctoral advisorErich Matthias

Michael Stürmer (born September 29, 1938) is a conservative German historian who specializes in the history of the German Empire (1871–1918). He is best known for his role in the Historikerstreit of the 1980s, for his geographical interpretation of German history and for an admiring 2008 biography of Vladimir Putin.