Biography
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (German: [ˈkɔnʁaːt ˈʔaːdənaʊɐ] ; 5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967) was a German statesman who served as the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963. From 1946 to 1966, he was the first leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), a new founded Christian-democratic party, which became the dominant force in the country under his leadership.
As a devout Roman Catholic, Adenauer was a leading politician of the Catholic Centre Party in the Weimar Republic, serving as Mayor of Cologne (1917–1933) and as president of the Prussian State Council. In the early years of the Federal Republic, he switched focus from denazification to recovery, and led his country to close relations with France, the United Kingdom and the United States. During his years in power, he worked to restore the West German economy from the destruction of World War II to a central position in Europe with a market-based liberal democracy, stability, international respect and economic prosperity.Adenauer belied his age by his intense work habits and his uncanny political instinct. As a strong anti-communist, Adenauer was deeply committed to an Atlanticist foreign policy and restoring the position of West Germany on the world stage. Adenauer was a driving force in re-establishing national military forces (the Bundeswehr) and intelligence services (the Bundesnachrichtendienst) in West Germany in 1955 and 1956. Adenauer refused the diplomatic recognition of the rival German Democratic Republic as East-German state and the Oder–Neisse line as post-war frontier to Poland. Under Adenauer, West Germany joined the NATO. As a proponent of European unity, he signed the Treaty of Rome in 1957. Adenauer is claimed as one of the "Founding fathers of the European Union".
Filmography
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self 23
Movies 21
TV Shows 3
Deutschland - Frankreich: Beziehungsstatus ungeklärt (2023)
In the Grip of Gazprom (2023)
The Man in the Shadows: The Incredible Life of Jean Monnet (2022)
Laboratory Greece (2019)
Fritz Bauer, un procureur contre le nazisme (2019)
Le procès d'Auschwitz, la fin du silence (2019)
Kulenkampffs Schuhe (2018)
Franco on Trial: The Spanish Nuremberg? (2018)
100 Years of the UFA (2017)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France (2017)
Der Rhein - Strom der Geschichte (2016)
The Story of Erotic Film (2004)
Unsere Besten (2003)
The Burning Wall (2002)
Terra X-History (2000)
Konrad Adenauer - Der Patriarch (1999)
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema (1976)
A Trip Down Memory Lane (1966)
Wahlkampf (1965)
Brüder und Schwestern (1963)
Globke heute (1963)
Zur Person (1963)
Verräter (1962)
Jugend von heute (1951)
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GenderMale
Birthday1876-01-05
Deathday1967-04-19 (91 years old)
Birth NameConrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer
Birth PlaceCologne, Germany
ReligionCatholic Church
RelationshipsEmma Adenauer (1904-01-26 - 1916-10-06), Auguste Adenauer (1919-09-26 - 1948-03-03)
ChildrenCharlotte Adenauer, Maria Adenauer, Paul Adenauer, Ferdinand Adenauer, Libet Werhahn, Max Adenauer, Georg Adenauer, Konrad Adenauer
SiblingsJohannes Franz Richard Adenauer, Emilie Helene Marie Louise Adenauer, Maria Johanna Elisabeth Adenauer, August Adenauer
CitizenshipsKingdom of Prussia, Germany
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon, Grand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria, Order of the Red Eagle 4th Class, Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich, Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Juan Pablo Duarte Order of Merit, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Iron Cross on white ribbon, honorary citizen of Berlin, Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown, Grand Cross of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword, Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Grand Cross of the Order of George I, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class, Grand Cross special issue of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, special issue, Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, National Order of Merit, Orden de la Independencia Cultural Rubén Darío, Order of Valour, National Order of Madagascar, Order of José Matías Delgado, Order of the Crown, Order of the Star of Africa, Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Orden wider den tierischen Ernst, Order of the Crown of Thailand, Order of the Holy Trinity, Escudo Silesiano, Historian Prize of the city of Münster, Merit Cross for War Aid, German Red Cross Decoration, Bavarian Order of Merit, Decoration for Services to the Red Cross, Order of the White Elephant, Charlemagne Prize, Order of the Supreme Sun, Order of Merit, Order of the Golden Spur, Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross, Grand Cross of the Order of the Condor of the Andes, Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru, Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion, Grand Cross of the National Order of Honor and Merit, Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Honorary doctor of the Technical University of Berlin, honorary doctorate from Columbia University, honorary doctor of Waseda University, Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle, honorary doctorate of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Grand Cross of the Order of May, honorary doctor of the University of Freiburg, honorary citizen of Bad Honnef, doctor honoris causa of Keiō University, honorary citizen of Cologne, Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa, honorary citizen of Bonn, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ, Grand Cross of the Order of Boyacá, honorary doctor of the University of Maryland, Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martin
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