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Also known as H. Schmidt, Schmidt, Helmut Heinrich Waldemar, Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt

Chancellor of West Germany (1974–1982)

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Helmut Schmidt was the Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982, a period when he led the country through economic challenges and Cold War tensions. His leadership during these years made him one of the significant political figures in post-World War II German history.

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Born
23. Dezember 1918
Works
127

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  • Verteidigung oder Vergeltung
  • Partner und Rivalen
  • Zur Diskussion in der SPD
  • Addresses to the Interaction Council, 1984-1992
  • Helmut Schmidt Bundeskanzler a.D., Björn Engholm Vorsitzender der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands vor der SPD Fraktion am 23. Juni 1992

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1918-12-23
Active to
2015-11-10
has german audiobookspolitician

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Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt; born 23 December 1918) is a German Social Democratic politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Schmidt <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Helmut+Schmidt">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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  • “Anyone who votes for Die Grünen will be blaming themselves bitterly later on.” („Wer die Grünen wählt, der wird sich später mal bitterste Vorwürfe machen.“) — 1980, with regard to the formation of the political party Die Grünen
  • If you look closely, you'll see that the political journalists actually more belong to the political class and less to journalism.
  • One is left, the other is right. But comparable populists are Lafontaine and Le Pen already.
  • Of course, nuclear power has its risks. But there is no power and nothing in the world without risks, not even love.
  • Intelligence services] are poor pigs suffering from two mental illnesses: The one disease is because they never get public recognition for what they actually do. This is inevitable, as they have to work in secret. This deformes the soul. The other disease bases on the fact that they have the tendency to believe they understood the national interests of their own country much better than their own government. This latter disease is the reason that I do not trust them.
  • The rule of law does not have to win, it does not have to lose, but it has to exist!

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Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt.jpg
Number of children
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IPA transcription
ˈhɛlmuːt ˈʃmɪt
date of birth
1918-12-23
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name in native language
Helmut Schmidt
birth name
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt
date of death
2015-11-10
catalog code
11002007
P8168
598 BC
nickname
Schmidt Schnauze
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Personal details BornHelmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (1918-12-23)23 December 1918 Barmbeck, Hamburg, Germany

Died10 November 2015(2015-11-10) (aged 96) Hamburg, Germany

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