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Konrad Hermann Josef Adenauer (January 5, 1876 – April 19, 1967) was first Chancellor of West Germany from 1949-1963, and chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1950 to 1966. After graduating in 1901 he practiced law in Cologne, then entered politics in 1906 as a member of the City Council. By 1917 he was Mayor.
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).
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.
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 (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.
