Theodor Heuss

✶January 31, 1884

†December 12, 1963

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About their life

Theodor Heuss was a German politician who served as the first president of West Germany from 1949 to 1959. His civil demeanour and cordial nature – somewhat a contrast to German nationalist traditions and the stern character of chancellor Konrad Adenauer – largely contributed to the stabilisation of democracy in West Germany during the Wirtschaftswunder years. Before beginning his career as a politician, Heuss had been a political journalist. Heuss is remembered as a major representative of social liberalism in Germany.

German journalist and politician (1884-1963)

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Biography from the article Theodor Heuss on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.