Germany
8 leaders
Konrad Adenauer
The first Chancellor of West Germany, serving from 1949 to 1963. Adenauer was 73 when he took office and gover...
Willy Brandt
The Social Democratic Chancellor who transformed German foreign policy through Ostpolitik, seeking reconciliat...
Helmut Kohl
The Chancellor of German reunification. Kohl seized the opportunity when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 to push ...
Angela Merkel
The first female Chancellor of Germany, serving from 2005 to 2021. Merkel, a physicist from East Germany, was ...
Otto von Bismarck
The Iron Chancellor who unified Germany in 1871 through blood and iron. Bismarck fought wars against Denmark, ...
Konrad Adenauer Detail
See Adenauer main entry. He was 73 when he became Chancellor and served until 87. Adenauer was mayor of Cologn...
Willy Brandt Detail
See Brandt main entry. His spontaneous kneefall at the Warsaw Ghetto Monument in 1970 was a powerful gesture o...
Helmut Kohl Detail
See Kohl main entry. He was the longest serving German Chancellor of the democratic era, governing from 1982 t...