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    Helmut Schmidt

    Chancellor of West Germany , SPD

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  1. Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛlmuːt ˈʃmɪt] ⓘ; 23 December 1918 – 10 November 2015) was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982.

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  2. Apr 5, 2024 · Social Democratic Party of Germany. Helmut Schmidt (born December 23, 1918, Hamburg, Germany—died November 10, 2015, Hamburg) was a Social Democratic politician who was chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. He later was copublisher (1983–2015) of the influential weekly Die Zeit.

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  3. Nov 10, 2015 · BERLIN (AP) — Helmut Schmidt was blunt and down to earth, decisive and brimming with self-confidence. The attributes that won him plaudits as West German chancellor — as he dealt with some of the tensest moments of the Cold War and a surge in domestic terrorism — occasionally caused offense, especially later in life.

  4. Nov 10, 2015 · Helmut Schmidt, who has died aged 96, was West Germany’s fifth head of government and, by a comfortable margin, its most competent and gifted chancellor, serving from 1974 to 1982.

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  6. Nov 10, 2015 · Helmut Schmidt: West Germany's Cold War master of realpolitik. Pragmatic, outspoken and often controversial, Helmut Schmidt was a far-sighted political and economic strategist who led West Germany ...

  7. Nov 10, 2015 · Helmut Schmidt: West Germany's Cold War master of realpolitik. Pragmatic, outspoken and often controversial, Helmut Schmidt was a far-sighted political and economic strategist who led West...

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  8. Helmut Schmidt welcoming the Police Special Forces . Photo: Bundesregierung/Reineke As well as economic problems, Schmidt’s government had a second crisis to deal with: Some of the students who took part in the protest movement in the late 1960s formed a splinter group that wanted to fight the state with terrorist means.

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