Konrad ADENAUER was a German statesman who served as the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963. He was a Christian Democratic Union (CDU) politician and is widely regarded as the founding father of the modern German state. Friedrich EBERT was a German statesman who served as the first President of Germany from 1919 to 1925. He was a Social Democrat (SPD) politician and was instrumental in the establishment of the Weimar Republic.