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Geschichte und Verantwortung › Deutschland in Europa
Wie hieß der erste Bundeskanzler der Bundesrepublik Deutschland?
- Konrad Adenauer
- Kurt Georg Kiesinger
- Helmut Schmidt
- Willy Brandt
Why this is the correct answer
Konrad Adenauer, a former mayor of Cologne, became the first Chancellor of the newly founded Federal Republic of Germany on September 15, 1949. He served for fourteen years until 1963, overseeing West Germany's economic recovery (the Wirtschaftswunder), integration into NATO, and the beginning of reconciliation with France. Adenauer's long tenure laid the foundations of West German democracy and foreign policy.