Schmidt, Helmut

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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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Governing Mayor and Candidate for Chancellor 1957-1966

Foreign Minister and Federal Chancellor in Bonn 1967-1974

International statesman without government office 1975-1982

Dedicated European and German Patriot 1983-1992

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