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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Biography
Governing Mayor and Candidate for Chancellor 1957-1966 1958: 18-23 May 1960: 11 July 1964: 23-27 Nov	Foreign Minister and Federal Chancellor in Bonn 1967-1974 1968: 17-21 March 1969: 28 Sept 1970: 11-14 May 1972: 7 July 1974: March, 15/16 May
International statesman without government office 1975-1982 1975: 13 March, 11-15 Nov 1976: 18/19 June, 3 Oct 1977: Oct, 15-19 Nov 1978: 18 Dec 1979: 25 Sept, 3-7 Dec 1980: 27 May, 5 Oct 1981: 27-31 May, 11 Sept, 3 Nov 1982: 5 Feb, 19-23 April, 17 Sept, 1 Oct, 18/19 Nov	Dedicated European and German Patriot 1983-1992 1983: 18/19 Nov 1991: 15 Nov 1992: May-Sept

Politics Domestic and social policy 1969–1974 Chairman of the SPD 1964–1987	Sources/Videos Resignation of Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt, 6/7 May 1974 Change in the Chancellery and election of a new Federal President, May 1974