CDU
5 leaders
Konrad Adenauer
The first Chancellor of West Germany, serving from 1949 to 1963. Adenauer was 73 when he took office and gover...
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 ...
Konrad Adenauer Detail
See Adenauer main entry. He was 73 when he became Chancellor and served until 87. Adenauer was mayor of Cologn...
Helmut Kohl Detail
See Kohl main entry. He was the longest serving German Chancellor of the democratic era, governing from 1982 t...