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Walter Scheel
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Walter Scheel was a German politician and military personnel who served as the president of Germany, Vice-Chancellor of Germany, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Member of the European Parliament. A member of the Free Democratic Party and the Nazi Party, he was also affiliated with the German Academy for Language and Literature. His professional roles included positions as a general manager and business consultant. Scheel was born in Solingen in 1919 and died in Bad Krozingen in 2016.
During World War II, he served as a senior lieutenant in the Luftwaffe. His career locations included Düsseldorf, Bonn, Strasbourg, and Brussels. Scheel received several awards, including the Charlemagne Prize, the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Orden wider den tierischen Ernst, and the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He was married to Mildred Scheel and was a member of the Protestant Church in Germany.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Solingen
- Place of death
- Bad Krozingen
- Spouse
- Mildred Scheel
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- member of the German Bundestag
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Religion
- Protestant Church in Germany
- Field of work
- politics
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Luftwaffe
- Military rank
- senior lieutenant
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-047-20, Walter Scheel.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Brussels
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- Walter Scheel
- date of birth
- 1919-07-08
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- Walter Scheel
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- Walter Scheel
- date of death
- 2016-08-24
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Zehlendorf Forest Cemetery
- catalog code
- 11001949
- candidacy in election
- 1974 West German presidential election
- P8168
- Roscoff
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Personal details BornWalter Scheel (1919-07-08)8 July 1919 Höhscheid, Rhine Province, Free State of Prussia, Germany
Died24 August 2016(2016-08-24) (aged 97) Bad Krozingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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