For 10 points, name this post-World War II Christian Democratic Chancellor of West Germany.
This leader said that a left-wing press organ that exposed weaknesses in the army was an "abyss of treason." Menachem Begin tried to organize the killing of this European leader. This leader was forced to form a new government after several ministers were exposed as having taken bribes from the FIBAG construction company; those ministers tried to sue the whistleblowing newspaper for treason. Under this leader's administration, his country achieved massive (*) economic growth under the "social market economy" designed by his economic minister Ludwig Erhard. His country pursued the Hallstein doctrine of not maintaining diplomacy with its main eastern rival and used Marshall Plan funds to rebuild from the destruction of the Nazi regime. For 10 points, name this post-World War II Christian Democratic Chancellor of West Germany.
This leader said that a left-wing press organ that exposed weaknesses in the army was an "abyss of treason.
Konrad Adenauer