'''Helmut Schmidt''' (1918 - 2015) was the fifth chancellor of [[Germany|Western Germany]] (''Bundeskanzler''). Like his predecessor [[Willy Brandt]], he belonged to the [[SPD]], the social-democratic party of Germany.
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{{Officeholder
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|name=Helmut Schmidt
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|party=[[Social Democratic Party]]
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|spouse= Hannelore "Loki" Glaser
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|religion=Lutheran
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|office=Chancellor of [[West Germany]]
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|terms=16 May 1974 – 1 October 1982
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|preceded=[[Willy Brandt]]
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|former=y
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|succeeded=[[Helmut Kohl]]
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|military=y
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|allegiance=[[Germany]]
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|branch=[[Luftwaffe]]
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|serviceyears=1937–1945
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|rank=Oberleutnant
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|unit=1st Panzer Division
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|battles=[[World War 2]]
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|awards=Iron Cross 2nd Class
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}}
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'''Helmut Schmidt''' (1918 - 2015) was the fifth [[chancellor]] of [[Germany|Western Germany]] (''Bundeskanzler''). Like his predecessor [[Willy Brandt]], he belonged to the [[SPD]], the social-democratic party of Germany. Anyway, his policies were rather conservative than liberal. Schmidt served as chancellor from 1974 to 1982 when he was succeeded by [[Helmut Kohl]] who promised a ''geistig moralische Wende'' (spiritual and moral turn), governing the country based on [[Christian]] principles as head of his Christian Democratic Union. Schmidt died on November 10, 2015.
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[[Category:German People]]
[[Category:German People]]
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[[Category:Social Democratic Party of Germany Politicians]]