GermanyKonrad Adenauer was the first chancellor of West Germany, serving from 1949 to 1963. A Christian Democrat, he anchored the country in NATO and European integration and presided over the social market economy and postwar reconciliation with France.
In the 12 Axes register, Konrad Adenauer leans hardest on Internationalism – Nationalism: Internationalism 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Konrad Adenauer sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Federal
Led a federal West German republic from 1949
Representative Democracy
Chancellor-centered parliamentary system
Liberal
Basic Law guaranteed civil liberties
Internationalism
Tied West Germany to NATO and European integration
Neutral
Rebuilt the army as the Bundeswehr within NATO, 1955
Centrist
Integrated millions of expellees and refugees
Mixed Economic
Social market economy with welfare provisions
Markets
Erhard's market reforms with regulation
Globalist
Joined the Coal and Steel Community and EEC
Religious
Catholic; founding leader of the CDU
Traditionalist
Conservative family and social policy
Neutral
No distinct position on technology
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Konrad Adenauer is at Federal 68%. The register median is Unitary 68%.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Konrad Adenauer is at Democratic 68%, almost the register median of Democratic 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.hdg.de
Portrait: Katherine Young (1906–1993), CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
