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 Third Ministry, October 29, 1957 - November 14, 1961

• Konrad Adenauer (CDU) - Chancellor
• Ludwig Erhard (CDU) - Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economics
• Heinrich von Brentano (CDU) - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Franz Josef Strauss (CSU) - Minister of Defense
• Gerhard Schröder (CDU) - Minister of the Interior
• Franz Etzel (CDU) - Minister of Finance
• Fritz Schäffer (CSU) - Minister of Justice
• Theodor Blank (CDU) - Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
• Heinrich Lübke (CDU) - Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry
• Hans-Christoph Seebohm (DP) - Minister of Transport
• Paul Lücke (CDU) - Minister of Construction
• Franz-Josef Wuermeling (CDU) - Minister of Family and Youth Affairs
• Richard Stücklen (CSU) - Minister of Posts and Communications
• Theodor Oberländer (CDU) - Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees, and War Victims
• Ernst Lemmer (CDU) - Minister of All-German Affairs
• Hans-Joachim von Merkatz (DP) - Minister of Bundesrat and State Affairs
• Siegfried Balke (CSU) - Minister of Nuclear Energy and Water
• Hermann Lindrath (CDU) - Minister of Federal Economic Possessions

Changes

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• September 13, 1959 - Werner Schwarz (CDU) succeeds Lübke as Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry.
• April 5, 1960 - Oberländer resigns as Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees, and War Victims.
• May 4, 1960 - Hans Wilhelmi (CDU) succeeds Lindrath (d.27 February) as Minister of Federal Economic Possessions.
• October 27, 1960 - Hans-Joachim von Merkatz (CDU) becomes Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees, and War Victims.