Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Adenauer (January 5, 1876 – April 19, 1967) was a conservative German statesman. Although his political career spanned 60 years, beginning as early as 1906, he is most noted for his role as West Germany's first chancellor from 1949-1963 and chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1950 to 1966.

Adenauer's First Ministry, September 20, 1949 - October 20, 1953

• Konrad Adenauer (CDU) - Chancellor
• Franz Blücher (FDP) - Vice Chancellor and Minister of Marshall Plan Affairs
• Gustav Heinemann (CDU) - Minister of the Interior
• Fritz Schäffer (CSU) - Minister of Finance
• Thomas Dehler (FDP) - Minister of Justice
• Ludwig Erhard (CDU) - Minister of Economics
• Anton Storch (CDU) - Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
• Wilhelm Niklas (CSU) - Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry
• Hans-Christoph Seebohm (DP) - Minister of Transport
• Eberhard Wildermuth (FDP) - Minister of Construction
• Hans Schuberth (CSU) - Minister of Posts and Communications
• Hans Lukaschek (CDU) - Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees, and War Victims
• Jakob Kaiser (CDU) - Minister of All-German Affairs
• Heinrich Hellwege (DP) - Minister of Bundesrat Affairs

Changes

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• October 13, 1950 - Robert Lehr (CDU) succeeds Heinemann as Minister of the Interior.
• March 15, 1951 - Konrad Adenauer becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs as well as Chancellor when the Allies allow this post to be revived.
• July 19, 1952 - Fritz Neumayer (FDP) succeeds Wildermuth (d.9 March) as Minister of Construction.