Ludwig Erhard, German Minister of Economic Affairs, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) 1963-1966. Leading the West German postwar economic reforms and economic recovery ("Wirtschaftswunder", German for "economic miracle") and promoter of the concept of the social market economy (soziale Marktwirtschaft). At the German Industries Fair. Berlin 1952.
Ludwig Erhard, then German Minister of Economic Affairs, is captured with a gentle, content smile at the German Industries Fair in Berlin, 1952. As the architect of West Germany's postwar "Wirtschaftswunder" (economic miracle), he wears a dark suit and patterned tie, holding a rolled-up document in his hand.
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