What is Ludwig Erhard?
[[File:Ludwig Erhard1.jpg|thumb|Ludwig Erhard (1971)]] '''Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard''' (4 February 1897 in [[Fürth]] – 5 May 1977 in [[Bonn]]) was a [[Germany|German]] politician. == Life == Erhard was born as the son of a salesman. After his middle school exam, he started training to become a salesman himself. He was wounded as soldier in World War I. After World War I, he started to study micro economy at a college in [[Nuremberg]]. After that, he studied economy on the University of [[Frankfurt am Main]]. In 1925 he finished his doctoral thesis. Afterwards, he worked in his father's company. After the [[Great Depression]], the company went bankrupt. From 1928 to 1942, he worked as science assistant, but he could not get a promotion because he did not want to become a member of a [[Nazi]] organisation. From 1942 to 1945, he was the head of the institute for industrial research. Until 1949, he worked for the [[CDU]], but joined still in 1963. From 1945 to 1946, he worked for the provisional government of [[Bavaria]], afterwards he was an economic organisation official for the British-American administration in West Germany. In 1949, he became [[Ministry of Economics and Technology of Germany|Minister of Economics]] under [[Konrad Adenauer]]. From 1957-1963, he was Vice Chancellor. After Adenauer resigned in 1963, Erhard became the new chancellor. In 1966, [[Kurt Georg Kiesinger]] succeeded him. Erhard died in 1977, aged 80. {{commons}} {{Kanzler}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Erhard, Ludwig}} [[Category:1897 births]] [[Category:1977 deaths]] [[Category:Chancellors of Germany]] [[Category:Members of the German Bundestag]] [[Category:Economy ministers of Germany]] [[Category:Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] [[Category:Politicians from Bavaria]] [[Category:Politicians of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany]] [[Category:Vice Chancellors of Germany]]