Schmidt, Helmut

German politician (SPD)
Most important partner and rival in the SPD
- 1918 born
- 1953-1962 and 1965-1987 Member of the Bundestag
- 1958-1984 Member of the SPD executive committee
- 1961-1965 Senator for domestic affairs in Hamburg
- 1965-1967 deputy, 1967-1969 chairman of the SPD Bundestag fraction
- 1968-1984 deputy SPD party chairman
- 1969-1972 Federal Minister of Defence
- 1972 Federal Minister for Economics and Finance
- 1972-1974 Federal Minister of Finance
- 1974-1982 Federal Chancellor
- since 1983 Co-editor of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit
- 2015 died
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