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Time travel through the Federal Republic

Special events and moments in German history

German federal chancellors Konrad Adenauer was elected Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949. Ludwig Erhard (1963), Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1966), Willy Brandt (1969), Helmut Schmidt (1974), Helmut Kohl (1982), Gerhard Schröder (1998) and finally 2005. as the first woman, Angela Merkel, who was elected Chancellor for the fourth time on 14 March 2018.

German federal chancellors

German Federal Presidents Twelve Federal Presidents since 1949: From Theodor Heuss to Frank-Walter Steinmeier (as of 2017)

German Federal Presidents

1949 - Founding year of the Federal Republic of Germany Basic law, federal elections and Miss Germany

1949 - Founding year of the Federal Republic of Germany

1950s years - Federal Republic of Germany Re-armament, kidney tables and a million beetle

1950s years - Federal Republic of Germany

1960s years - Federal Republic of Germany Building of the Wall, student revolt and a whale in the Rhine

1960s years - Federal Republic of Germany

1970s years - Federal Republic of Germany Oil crisis, terrorism and the Munich massacre

1970s years - Federal Republic of Germany

1980s years - Federal Republic of Germany Human chains, the fall of the Wall and the Becker-plunge

1980s years - Federal Republic of Germany

Key images of reunification - Federal Republic of Germany November 9, Two-plus-Four, October 3 and the first all-German parliament

Key images of reunification - Federal Republic of Germany