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CDU
History of Germany
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| | 1902 | Dertinger, Georg |  |
| Berlin Birth of Georg Dertinger |
| 1945 | Adenauer, Konrad |  |
| Founds & leads the Chris tian Democratic Union |
| Rather than revive the Centre Party Adenauer creates the CDU |
| 1945 | Dertinger, Georg |  |
| Co-founder of the CDU, in the Soviet occupation zone |
| 1946 | Dertinger, Georg |  |
| Appointed Secretary General of the CDU |
| 1964 | Dertinger, Georg |  |
| Death of Georg Dertinger |
| 1966 | Adenauer, Konrad |  |
| Resigns as Chairman of the CDU, age 90 |
| 1967 | Adenauer, Konrad |  |
| Death of Konrad Adenauer |
| 1973 | Kohl, Helmut |  |
| Appointed Federal Chairman of the CDU |
| 1990 | Kohl, Helmut |  |
| 2nd Dec Bonn Appointed Chancellor of Germany, 2nd term |
| 2000 | Merkel, Angela Dorothea |  |
| 9th April Appointed Chairwoman of the Chris tian Democratic Union |
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