At the time the Hallstein Doctrine was born (or at least named), Heinrich von Brentano was the foreign minister, a post that had been recently created, after West Germany largely regained its sovereignty in 1955—before this, political responsibility for foreign policy had been retained by the chancellor, Konrad Adenauer. Brentano is also known to have referred to the policy, or a variation of it as the Brentano Doctrine.
At the time the Hallstein Doctrine was born (or at least named), Heinrich von Brentano was the foreign minister, a post ,that had been recentl,y created after West Germany largely r,egained its sovereignty in 1955—before this political responsib,ility for foreign policy had been retained by the chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Brentano is also known to have referred to the policy, or a variation of it as the Brentano Doctrine.