Wehner, Herbert

German politician (KPD, SPD)
Partner and rival of Brandt at the head of the SPD

• 1906 born
• 1927-1942 Member of the KPD
• 1933-1935 Activity in the communist resistance against the NS regime
• 1935-1946 Exile in the Soviet Union and in Sweden
• 1942-1944 Arrest in Sweden for espionage
• 1946 Joined the SPD
• 1949-1983 Member of the Bundestag
• 1958-1973 Deputy party chairman
• 1966-1969 Federal Minister for All-German Issues
• 1969-1983 Chairman of the SPD Bundestag fraction
• 1990 died

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Biography
SPD Politician in divided Berlin 1947-1956 1951: 2 Jan 1956: 30 May	Governing Mayor and Candidate for Chancellor 1957-1966 1957: 15 Sept 1958: 18-23 May 1959: 5 July 1960: 12 March, 11 July 1962: 26-30 May, 19 Nov 1964: 15 Feb,Aug, 23-27 Nov 1966: 29 June
Foreign Minister and Federal Chancellor in Bonn 1967-1974 1968: 17-21 March 1969: 28 Sept 1970: 11-14 May 1973: 18 Jan, 10-14 April, 26 Sept, 18 Dec 1974: 23 Jan, 6 May, June-Sept	International statesman without government office 1975-1982 1975: 11-15 Nov, 19 Dec 1981: 21 Feb, 6 Dec

Politics Domestic and social policy 1969–1974 Chairman of the SPD 1964–1987	Sources/Videos Willy Brandt asked about the criticism of Herbert Wehner in Moscow in 1973 Resignation of Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt, 6/7 May 1974 Willy Brandt on Herbert Wehner’s role in the Guillaume affair in 1974
Travels 1967-1974