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Apr 18, 2017 · Konrad Adenauer is certainly the founding father of the Federal Republic of Germany; he has ensured that liberal parliamentary democracy was introduced in Germany - which was not obvious at the...
Konrad Adenauer, 1962 © Adenauer was West Germany's first chancellor and a key figure in rebuilding the country after World War Two. Konrad Adenauer was born in Cologne on 5 January 1876,...
Konrad Adenauer, (born Jan. 5, 1876, Cologne, German Empire—died April 19, 1967, Rhöndorf, W.Ger.), German statesman, first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). Elected to the Cologne city council (1906), he served as the city’s lord mayor (1917–33).
Konrad Adenauer found himself in a dangerous situation towards the end of the war, when he was detained in Gestapo custody for several months as a regime opponent following the failed assassination attempt on Hitler on 20 July 1944. First Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
May 29, 2018 · Died April 19, 1967. Rhoendorf, West Germany. West German chancellor. K onrad Adenauer was the first chancellor of West Germany, officially known as the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). He held the office from 1949 to 1963, taking West Germany from postwar military occupation to national independence.
Reconstruction and Basic Law. Konrad Adenauer making a press statement. Photo: Bundesregierung/Unterberg. Konrad Adenauer (CDU) was elected as the first Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany in September 1949. He held office for 14 years and shaped Germany in its founding years.
Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967) was the first and longest-serving chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), holding office from 1949 to 1963. Born in Cologne in western Germany, Adenauer was the son of a Catholic bureaucrat.
