While his Christian Democratic Union at first fielded leaders like Konrad Adenauer , West Germany 's legendary first chancellor , and Ludwig Erhard , the wizard of the German economic miracle , the party eventually had to cede pre-eminence to the Social Democrats , led by Chancellors Brandt , Helmut Schmidt and , most recently , Gerhard Schroder .
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