| rowspan=24 | {{age in years and days nts|19631839|12|10|161854|196610|11|3016}}
| rowspan=24 data-sort-value="CDU" | {{small|No party membership;<ref name="stern-erhard-cdu">{{cite news|url=http://www.stern.de/politik/deutschland/cdu-altkanzler-ludwig-erhard-war-nie-cdu-mitglied-587764.html|title=CDU-Altkanzler: Ludwig Erhard war nie CDU-Mitglied|last1=Jörges|first1=Hans Ulrich|last2=Wüllenweber|first2=Walter|publisher=[[Der Stern]]|language=de|date=25 April 2007|accessdate=8 April 2018}}</ref><br />affiliated with the}}<br />[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]<br />(CDU)