Adenauer, Konrad

From: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History | Date: 2004| Author: JAN PALMOWSKI | Copyright information

Adenauer, Konrad (b. 5 Jan. 1876, d. 19 Apr. 1967). Chancellor of West Germany 1949–63 Born in Cologne, he joined the Centre Party in 1906, and was Lord Mayor of Cologne 1917–33. Deposed by the Nazis, he was reinstated by the American administration in 1945, though the British soon discharged him for ‘incompetence’. Elected CDU...

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