Ludwig Erhard

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Chancellor of Germany economist human politician

Ludwig Erhard was a German economist and statesman who, as economics minister and later chancellor, became known as the architect of West Germany’s postwar “economic miracle.”

Aliases (1)

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Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chancellor of Germany → economist → human → politician →
awardReceived	Grand Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany →
conflict	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	Germany → West Germany →
dateOfBirth	1897-02-04 →
dateOfDeath	1977-05-05 →
describedBySource	Encyclopædia Britannica → German Federal Archives →
economicPolicy	social market economy →
educatedAt	University of Erlangen–Nuremberg → University of Frankfurt →
endTime	1966-12-01 →
familyName	Erhard →
fieldOfWork	economic policy → economics →
givenName	Ludwig →
headOfGovernmentOf	Federal Republic of Germany →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Christian Democratic Union of Germany →
name	Ludwig Erhard →
nativeLanguage	German →
notableAchievement	architect of the West German economic miracle →
notableWork	introduction of the social market economy in West Germany →
occupation	economist → politician →
placeOfBirth	Fürth → German Empire → Kingdom of Bavaria →
placeOfDeath	Bonn → West Germany →
positionHeld	Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany → Federal Minister for Economic Affairs of Germany → Vice-Chancellor of Germany → member of the Bundestag →
religion	Roman Catholic Church →
residence	Bonn → Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia →
servedIn	German Army →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Luise Erhard →
startTime	1963-10-16 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
social market economy →	associatedWith
Wirtschaftswunder →	associatedWithPerson
Ludwig Erhard ("Erhard") →	familyName
Erhard Milch ("Erhard") →	givenName
Christian Democratic Union of Germany →	hasChancellor
Walter Eucken →	influenced
Ludwig Erhard →	name
Kurt Georg Kiesinger →	precededBy
Luise Erhard →	relative
Luise Erhard →	spouse
Luise Erhard →	spouseOfficeHolder