West Germany · 1949–1963
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democratic founder of the social market economy and of Westbindung to the Atlantic alliance.
Konrad Adenauer is on the world-leaders chart for West Germany, 1949–1963. The placement note, from the public governing record, is: Christian Democratic founder of the social market economy and of Westbindung to the Atlantic alliance.
The dot is economics +22 and authority +30, on a scale from −100 to +100. That is right of center on economics. The other axis sits toward authority. Left means a larger public role. Up means more authority. Neither direction is treated as the correct one.
A second note separates what was said in public from what the government then did. Said: Bind West Germany to the West and rebuild on a social market, not socialism. Done: NATO, the European community, and a market economy with a welfare floor. The gap, when there is one, is part of the placement. A promise that was kept and a promise that was dropped are not given the same weight.
The nearest other figures on these two numbers are Winston Churchill (United Kingdom, +22 / +42) and Lech Wałęsa (Poland, +14 / +20). Nearest means nearest on the chart, not alike in character.
Two governments can share a number and share nothing else. The source is the public governing record, not a news write-up and not a campaign advertisement.