Helmut Schmidt
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (; 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.Before becoming chancellor, he served as the minister of defence (1969–1972) and the minister of finance (1972–1974) in the government of Willy Brandt. In the latter role he gained credit for his financial policies. He had also briefly been minister of economics and acting foreign minister.
As chancellor, he focused on international affairs, seeking "political unification of Europe in partnership with the United States" amidst the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and issuing proposals that led to the NATO Double-Track Decision in 1979 to deploy U.S. Pershing II missiles to Europe. He was an energetic diplomat who sought European co-operation and international economic co-ordination and was the leading force in creating the European Monetary System in 1978. He was re-elected chancellor in 1976 and 1980, but his coalition fell apart in 1982 with the switch by his coalition allies, the Free Democratic Party.
He retired from Parliament in 1986, after clashing with the SPD's left-wing, which opposed him on defence and economic issues. In 1986, he was a leading proponent of European monetary union and a European Central Bank. Provided by Wikipedia
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9by Fabian Holzgreve, Laura Maltry, Jasmin Lampe, Helmut Schmidt, Andreas Bader, Julia Rey, David A. Groneberg, Anke van Mark, Daniela OhlendorfGet full text
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10by David A Groneberg, Daniela Ohlendorf, Fabian Holzgreve, Laura Fraeulin, Jasmin Haenel, Helmut Schmidt, Andreas Bader, Markus Frei, Anke van MarkGet full text
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11by Fabian Holzgreve, Laura Maltry, Jasmin Hänel, Helmut Schmidt, Andreas Bader, Markus Frei, Natalie Filmann, David Alexander Groneberg, Daniela Ohlendorf, Anke van MarkGet full text
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12by Philipp Bishay, Helmut Schmidt, Claudiu Marian, Annett Häussler, Nina Wijnvoord, Simone Ziebell, Julia Metzner, Marco Koch, Thekla Myrczek, Ingo Bechmann, Rohini Kuner, Michael Costigan, Faramarz Dehghani, Gerd Geisslinger, Irmgard TegederGet full text
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14by Dehnavi, MorvaridOther Authors: “...Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Fakultät für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften...”
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