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 Second Ministry, October 20, 1953 - October 29, 1957

• Konrad Adenauer (CDU) - Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Franz Blücher (FDP) - Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economic Cooperation
• Gerhard Schröder (CDU) - Minister of the Interior
• Fritz Schäffer (CSU) - Minister of Finance
• Fritz Neumayr (FDP) - Minister of Justice
• Ludwig Erhard (CDU) - Minister of Economics
• Anton Storch (CDU) - Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
• Heinrich Lübke (CDU) - Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry
• Hans-Christoph Seebohm (DP) - Minister of Transport
• Viktor-Emanuel Preusker (FDP) - Minister of Construction
• Franz-Josef Wuermeling (CDU) - Minister of Family Affairs
• Franz Josef Strauss (CSU) - Minister of Special Tasks
• Robert Tillmanns (CDU) - Minister of Special Tasks
• Waldemar Kraft (GB/BHE) - Minister of Special Tasks
• Hermann Schäfer (FDP) - Minister of Special Tasks
• Siegfried Balke - Minister of Posts and Communications
• Theodor Oberländer (GB/BHE) - 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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• June 7, 1955 - Theodor Blank (CDU) becomes Minister of Defense when that post is revived.
• June 8, 1955 - Heinrich von Brentano (CDU) succeeds Adenauer as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Hans-Joachim von Merkatz (DP) succeeds Hellwege as Minister of Bundesrat Affairs.
• October 19, 1955 - Franz Josef Strauss (CSU) becomes Minister of Atomic Affairs
• November 12, 1955 - Tillmanns leaves the cabinet.
• October 16, 1956 - Franz Josef Strauss (CSU) succeeds Blank as Minister of Defense. Hans-Joachim von Merkatz succeeds Neumayr as Minister of Justice. Kraft and Schäfer leave the Cabinet. Siegfried Balke (CSU) succeeds Strauss as Minister of Atomic Affairs.
• November 15, 1956 - Ernst Lemmer (CDU) succeeds Balke as Minister of Posts and Communications.