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Konrad Adenauer

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Konrad Adenauer

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Also known as Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU

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Konrad Adenauer was a German lawyer, judge, and resistance fighter born in Cologne in 1876. He served as the Federal Chancellor of Germany and held positions including Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and leader of the Christian Democratic Union. A member of the Centre Party and the Christian Democratic Union, he was also a member of the German Bundestag and participated in the 1949 West German presidential election and the Parlamentarischer Rat.

Adenauer received the Charlemagne Prize, the Bavarian Order of Merit, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, and the Orden wider den tierischen Ernst, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was educated at the University of Freiburg, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and the University of Bonn. His memberships included Rotary International, the Teutonic Order, the Deutscher Werkbund, and the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. He died in 1967.

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Cologne, Germany

Known for

  • America at War — Self (archive footage)2025
  • Die Mutigen 56 - Deutschlands längster Streik — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2024
  • In the Grip of Gazprom — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2023
  • Laboratory Greece — Self (archive footage)2019
  • Franco on Trial: The Spanish Nuremberg? — Self (archive footage)2018
  • 100 Years of the UFA — Self - Politician (archive footage)2017
  • De Gaulle, the Last King of France — Self (archive footage)2017
  • Filmreise in das alte Köln — Himself (uncredited)2014
  • Our Best — Self (archive footage)2003
  • Kanzler, Krisen, Koalitionen2002

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Josef
Gender
male
Citizenship
Kingdom of Prussia
Place of birth
Cologne
Occupation
art collector
Position held
member of the German Bundestag
Educated at
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Political party
Christian Democratic Union
Languages spoken
German
Native language
German
Religion
Catholic Church
Award
German Red Cross Decoration
Participant in
Parlamentarischer Rat
Image
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F078072-0004, Konrad Adenauer.jpg
Number of children
8
Work location
Bonn
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Commons category
Konrad Adenauer
date of birth
1876-01-05
date of death
1967-04-19
member of
German Colonial Society
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Konrad Adenauer
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Category:Konrad Adenauer
name in native language
Konrad Adenauer
nominated for
Nobel Peace Prize
birth name
Conrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer
IPA transcription
ˈkɔnʁaːt ˈhɛɐman ˈjoːzɛf ˈaːdənaʊɐ
archives at
Historical Archive of the City of Cologne
interested in
German colonial empire
catalog code
11000009
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Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Commons Creator page
Konrad Adenauer
nickname
Der Alte
significant place
Cadenabbia
P12749
Horní Rápotice
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Encyclopedic overview

Personal details BornKonrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (1876-01-05)5 January 1876 Cologne, Germany

Died19 April 1967(1967-04-19) (aged 91) Rhöndorf, West Germany

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