Ludwig Erhard
1897 – 1977 · aged 80
Chancellor of West Germany (1963–1966)
- Born
- 4 Feb 1897 · Fürth
- Died
- 5 May 1977 · Bonn
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 4 Feb 1897BornBorn in Fürth
- 1914 – 1918WarWorld War I
- 1945 – 1946RoleBavarian minister of economics
- 1949 – 1953RoleMember of the German Bundestag
- 1953 – 1957RoleMember of the German Bundestag
- 1953AwardGrand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1955AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- 1957 – 1961RoleMember of the German Bundestag
- 1957 – 1963RoleVice-Chancellor of Germany
- 1959AwardBavarian Order of Merit
- 1960AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
- 1961AwardGrand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
- 1961 – 1965RoleMember of the German Bundestag
- 1961AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- 1963 – 1966RoleFederal Chancellor of Germany
- 1965 – 1969RoleMember of the German Bundestag
- 1966 – 1967RoleLeader of the Christian Democratic Union
- 1969 – 1972RoleMember of the German Bundestag
- 1972 – 1976RoleMember of the German Bundestag
- 1976 – 1977RoleMember of the German Bundestag
- 1977AwardHonorary citizen of Ulm
- 5 May 1977DiedDied in Bonn
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1897 – 1977).
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
Biography
Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard (German: [ˈluːtvɪç ˈʔeːɐ̯haʁt]; 4 February 1897 – 5 May 1977) was a German politician and economist who served as the second chancellor of West Germany from 1963 until 1966. Affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he is known for leading the West German postwar economic reforms and economic recovery (Wirtschaftswunder, German for "economic miracle") in his role as Minister of Economic Affairs under Chancellor Konrad Adenauer from 1949 to 1963. During that period, he promoted the concept of the social market economy (soziale Marktwirtschaft), on which Germany's economic policy in the 21st century continues to be based.
In his tenure as Chancellor, however, Erhard lacked support from Adenauer, who remained chairman of the CDU party until 1966. Erhard failed to win the German public's confidence in his handling of a budget deficit and lacked public support for his direction of foreign policy. His popularity waned, and he resigned his chancellorship on 30 November 1966.
Text from the Wikipedia article Ludwig Erhard, CC BY-SA 4.0
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