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Konrad Adenauer

Chancellor of West Germany, 1949 to 1963

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Rebuilt West Germany after the war, anchored it in NATO and the Western alliance and made peace with France.

Konrad Adenauer sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, strongly traditional on culture and leaning religious on religion.

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Where Konrad Adenauer sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Konrad Adenauer

Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…99%OrdoliberalismFavors competitive markets protected by firm rules and a strong state, the basis of…99%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.98%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…96%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Katherine Young (1906–1993), CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.