Konrad adenauer quotes

Konrad Adenauer,  ©Adenauer was West Germany's first chancellor and a key figure in rebuilding the country after World War Two.

Konrad Adenauer was born in Cologne on 5 January , the son of a lawyer.

Adenauer konrad biography net worth From to he was the first Bundeskanzler chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and from to was foreign secretary the same time. Adenauer was the third of five children of a court secretary in Cologne. His family was Catholic. Konrad Adenauer started his political career in in the city assembly of Cologne. From to and again in he was mayor of Cologne.

He studied at the universities of Freiburg, Munich and Bonn before himself becoming a lawyer. He became a member of Cologne City Council, and in lord mayor of the city. He was elected to the Provincial Diet and, in , became president of the Prussian State Council, making him one of the most influential politicians in Germany.

Adenauer was replaced as mayor of Cologne after the Nazis came to power, and was briefly imprisoned in He was arrested by the Gestapo in September and accused of involvement in the failed July bomb plot against Hitler.

The United States, which liberated Cologne, appointed Adenauer mayor again, but he was dismissed soon afterwards by the British military government.

Adenauer set about forming a new political party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). In , he was made president of the parliamentary council which drew up a constitution for the three western zones of Germany. These were the zones occupied by the French, British and Americans.

Adenauer konrad biography wikipedia British Broadcasting Corporation Home. Konrad Adenauer was born in Cologne on 5 January , the son of a lawyer. He studied at the universities of Freiburg, Munich and Bonn before himself becoming a lawyer. He became a member of Cologne City Council, and in lord mayor of the city. He was elected to the Provincial Diet and, in , became president of the Prussian State Council, making him one of the most influential politicians in Germany.

The Soviets occupied the eastern zone of Germany and installed a Communist government.

Adenauer was elected chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany on 15 September His main aim was to ensure West Germany's transition to a sovereign, democratic state. Military occupation of West Germany ended in and in West Germany was recognised internationally as an independent nation.

It joined NATO in and the European Economic Community in

Adenauer was particularly keen to encourage closer ties with the USA and France.

Adenauer konrad biography After graduating in he practiced law in Cologne, then entered politics in as a member of the City Council. By he was Mayor. He was shortly removed from office. Until released from prison in , he was either in detention or keeping a low profile due to his anti- Nazi convictions. He was a founding member of the CDU and in late drafted the constitution of what became the Federal Republic.

He opened diplomatic relations with the USSR and eastern European communist nations, but refused to recognise the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Adenauer also negotiated a compensation agreement with Israel in recognition of the crimes perpetrated against Jews by the Nazis.

Adenauer retired as chancellor in , remaining head of the CDU until He died near Bonn on 20 April