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Economy of Germany

Germany · Government / Government of Germany. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1867–1997Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1867

Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen1867

Government / Government of Germany

A new organisation with the same name was brought about in 1867 when peace was restored, the new Zollverein is stronger, in that no individual state had a veto

1950

Konrad Adenauer1 March 1950

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

Rationing ends in West Germany, apart from sugar

Konrad Adenauer21 March 1950

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

Advocates economic union with France

1982

Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt1982

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

Unemployment rises from 582,000 in 1974 to 1.8 million in 1982

1997

Helmut Kohl22 May 1997

Government / Government of Germany

Presents the Joint Initiative for More Jobs in Eastern Germany

Names involved

Helmut Heinrich Waldemar SchmidtHelmut KohlKonrad AdenauerOtto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen

Provenance

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