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    Walter Scheel

    President of West Germany

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  1. Walter Scheel (German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈʃeːl] ⓘ; 8 July 1919 – 24 August 2016) was a German statesman. A member of the Nazi Party that joined the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) in 1946, he first served in government as the Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development from 1961 to 1966 and later as President of Germany from ...

  2. Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Chancellor. 1974–1979. President of the Federal Republic of Germany. 2016. Died on 24 August in Bad Krozingen. Walter Scheel was Protestant. His first wife, Eva Charlotte Scheel, née Kronenberg, died on 2 September 1966 after they had been married for 24 years.

  3. Aug 24, 2016 · Walter Scheel, who as foreign minister and deputy chancellor of West Germany under Chancellor Willy Brandt from 1969 to 1974 helped foster détente with the Soviet bloc and rapprochement with...

  4. West German politician who helped pave the way for reconciliation with the east. Hella Pick. Wed 24 Aug 2016 13.30 EDT. Walter Scheel, who has died aged 97, changed the course of Germany’s postwar...

  5. BERLIN (AP) — Walter Scheel, who helped shape West Germany’s policy of reconciliation with the communist bloc as foreign minister and later served as his country’s president, has died. He was 97.

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  7. Aug 25, 2016 · Walter Scheel, who helped negotiate closer relations with the Soviet bloc as West Germany’s foreign minister in the early 1970s and who later served five years as his country’s president, a...

  8. Aug 24, 2016 · Walter Scheel was a German statesman. A member of the Nazi Party that joined the Free Democratic Party of Germany in 1946, he first served in government as the Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development from 1961 to 1966 and later as President of Germany from 1974 to 1979. He led the FDP from 1968 to 1974.

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