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Christian Democratic Union of Germany
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Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | |
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Leader | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer |
Headquarters | Klingelhöferstraße 8 10785 Berlin |
Ideology | Christian Democracy, Conservatism |
Political position | Centrism/Centre-right |
European affiliation | European People's Party |
International affiliation | Christian Democrat International and International Democrat Union |
European Parliament group | European People's Party - European Democrats |
Colours | Black, Orange |
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http://www.cdu.de |
a Christian democratic, liberal and conservative party of the centre.
In November 2005 the Federal leader of the CDU Dr. Angela Merkel became the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
History
The CDU was founded after World War II. The first German Chancellor was Konrad Adenauer, a member of the CDU. He ruled from 1949-1963. During the Government of Helmut Kohl (1982-1998), Germany was reunited.
The CDU was the Government Party for most of the younger German history, only from 1969-1982 and from 1998-2005 there have been Chancellors from different parties.
Members
The CDU has more than 400,000 members. It has 255 of 631 Members of Parliament in the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) and 34 of 99 Members of European Parliament of Germany.
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