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 Fourth Ministry, November 14, 1961 - October 16, 1963

• Konrad Adenauer (CDU) - Chancellor
• Ludwig Erhard (CDU) - Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economics
• Gerhard Schröder (CDU) - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Franz Josef Strauss (CSU) - Minister of Defense
• Hermann Höcherl (CSU) - Minister of the Interior
• Heinz Starke (FDP) - Minister of Finance
• Wolfgang Stammberger (FDP) - Minister of Justice
• Theodor Blank (CDU) - Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
• Werner Schwarz (CDU) - Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry
• Hans-Christoph Seebohm (CDU) - Minister of Transport
• Paul Lücke (CDU) - Minister of Construction
• Franz-Josef Wuermeling (CDU) - Minister of Family and Youth Affairs
• Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt (CDU) - Minister of Health
• Walter Scheel (FDP) - Minister of Economic Cooperation
• Heinrich Krone (CDU) - Minister of Special Tasks
• Richard Stücklen (CSU) - Minister of Posts and Communications
• Wolfgang Mischnick (FDP) - Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees, and War Victims
• Ernst Lemmer (CDU) - Minister of All-German Affairs
• Hans-Joachim von Merkatz (CDU) - Minister of Bundesrat and State Affairs
• Siegfried Balke (CSU) - Minister of Nuclear Energy and Water
• Hans Lenz (FDP) - Minister of Federal Treasure

Changes

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• November 19, 1962 Ewald Bucher (FDP) succeeds Stammberger as Minister of Justice. Werner Dollinger (CSU) succeeds Lenz as Minister of Federal Treasure.
• December 14, 1962 - Rolf Dahlgrün (FDP) succeeds Starke as Minister of Finance. Bruno Heck (CDU) succeeds Wuermeling as Minister of Family and Youth Affairs. Hans Lenz (FDP) enters the ministry as Minister of Scientific Research. Rainer Barzel (CDU) succeeds Lemmer as Minister of All-German Affairs. Alois Niederalt (CSU) succeeds Merkatz as Minister of Bundesrat and State Affairs. The Ministry of Nuclear Energy and Water is abolished, and Balke leaves the cabinet.
• January 9, 1963 - Kai-Uwe von Hassel (CDU) succeeds Strauss as Minister of Defense.