Adenauer? Eckener? Are you kiddin'? - Franz Josef Strauß is the one that outshines them all.
Who gave us assured third strike capability? Who saw us safely through the cold war with the Second Entente? Who made us lead nation again in science and technology? Whose name does our lunar colony carry?
Franz Josef Strauß is the one!
Only good that notorious "peacebringer" suffered a stroke one year later and Strauß was re-elected. Socialists simply are no good for the fatherland, much too soft.
Only good that notorious "peacebringer" suffered a stroke one year later and Strauß was re-elected. Socialists simply are no good for the fatherland, much too soft.
I'd have to say Stoiber (1977-1985). I mean, this was the guy who actually abided by the ruling of the Constitutional Court illegalizing abortion - despite a very, VERY hostile Reichstag. Of course, when he declined to seek reelection, the government went right ahead and acted like the Americans..."kinder and gentler" my left foot.
OOC: OTL Stoiber? I renounced to use names for later leaders on purpose to unfold the butterfly effect. I assume anybody born after c. 1930 to be butterflied away.