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Helmut Schmidt

1918 - 2015

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Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (German: [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. He was the longest lived chancellor in German history and had the longest post-chancellorship, at over 33 years. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helmut Schmidt is the 1,221st most popular politician (down from 1,102nd in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from Germany (down from 297th in 2019) and the 90th most popular German Politician.

Helmut Schmidt was a German politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. He is most famous for his role in the Ostpolitik, which was a policy of détente with the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Helmut Schmidt ranks 1,221 out of 19,576. Before him are Dost Mohammad Khan, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Wilm Hosenfeld, Christian I of Denmark, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, and Andrei Gromyko. After him are 5th Dalai Lama, Tiberius Claudius Nero, Amr ibn Hishām, Pepi II Neferkare, Patrice de MacMahon, and Jalal Talabani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Helmut Schmidt ranks 14. Before him are Kurt Waldheim, Louis Althusser, Leonard Bernstein, Rita Hayworth, Gertrude B. Elion, and Robert Wadlow. After him are Frederick Sanger, Alberto Ascari, Ernst Otto Fischer, Kai Siegbahn, Katherine Johnson, and Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Among people deceased in 2015, Helmut Schmidt ranks 16. Before him are Nicholas Winton, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Demis Roussos, Terry Pratchett, Omar Sharif, and Kim Young-sam. After him are Süleyman Demirel, Anita Ekberg, Henning Mankell, Irwin Rose, Yves Chauvin, and Richard von Weizsäcker.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Helmut Schmidt ranks 310 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Marc (1880), Kurt von Schleicher (1882), Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834), Wilm Hosenfeld (1895), Christian I of Denmark (1426), and Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856). After him are Carl Schmitt (1888), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876), Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808), Karl Ziegler (1898), and Baldur von Schirach (1907).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Helmut Schmidt ranks 90. Before him are Eduard Bernstein (1850), Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), Kurt von Schleicher (1882), Wilm Hosenfeld (1895), Christian I of Denmark (1426), and Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856). After him are Baldur von Schirach (1907), Anton Drexler (1884), Friedrich Ratzel (1844), Wilhelm Frick (1877), Gustav Stresemann (1878), and Carol I of Romania (1839).

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