Walter Scheel
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Vice Chancellor of Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 22 October 1969 – 16 May 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chancellor | Willy Brandt himself (acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Willy Brandt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 21 October 1969 – 16 May 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chancellor | Willy Brandt himself (acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Willy Brandt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vice President of the Bundestag (on proposal of the FDP group) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 8 September 1967 – 19 October 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
President | Eugen Gerstenmaier Kai-Uwe von Hassel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Thomas Dehler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Liselotte Funcke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister for Economic Cooperation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 14 November 1961 – 28 October 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chancellor | Konrad Adenauer Ludwig Erhard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Werner Dollinger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Walter Scheel 8 July 1919 Höhscheid, Rhine Province, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Solingen-Höhscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 August 2016 Bad Krozingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | (aged 97)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Free Democratic Party (1946–2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | Nazi Party (1942–1945) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Children | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walter Scheel (German:
During the chancellorship of
Early life
Scheel was born in Solingen (now in North Rhine-Westphalia). He completed his Abitur at the Reformrealgymnsasium Schwertstraße.[3]
Scheel became a member of the Nazi Party in 1942.[4] During World War II, he served in the Luftwaffe during the last years of the war as a radar operator on a Bf 110 night fighter.[citation needed]
Political career
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When his
A Christian Democratic/Social Democratic Grand Coalition followed. During this time, in 1968, Scheel took over the party presidency from right wing liberal Erich Mende. According to one study, the election of Walter Scheel to the FDP leadership in 1968 “represented a turn to the left and the Free Democrats then indicated their wooing of the SPD by voting for the successful Social Democratic candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, Gustav Heinemann, in 1969.”[5][page needed]
In 1969, he led his party to form a new coalition with the Social Democrats. Under Chancellor
On 7 May 1974, Brandt resigned as
Scheel was elected
Death
Scheel died on 24 August 2016 following a long illness.[8][9][10] Having lived to 97 years, 47 days he holds the record as the longest-lived German head of state, either imperial or elected.[citation needed]
Publications
- with ISBN 3-499-11545-X.
- Die Zukunft der Freiheit – Vom Denken und Handeln in unserer Demokratie. Econ, 1979.
- Wen schmerzt noch Deutschlands Teilung? 2 Reden zum 17. Juni, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1986, ISBN 3-499-18346-3.
- with ISBN 3-88350-047-X.
- with Jürgen Engert: Erinnerungen und Einsichten. Hohenheim-Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-89850-115-9.
- with Tobias Thalhammer: Gemeinsam sind wir stärker – Zwölf erfreuliche Geschichten über Jung und Alt. Allpart Media, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86214-011-4.
Literature
- ISBN 3-421-06218-8.
- Hans-Roderich Schneider: Präsident des Ausgleichs. Bundespräsident Walter Scheel. Ein liberaler Politiker. Verlag Bonn aktuell, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-87959-045-1.
References
- ^ Profile of Walter Scheel
- ^ "Walter Scheel (1974–1979)". German Federal Presidency. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ Lohausen, Carsten (28 September 2013). "Aus Höhscheid in die Geschichtsbücher". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ Geschichte und Politik in den Reden der deutschen Bundespräsidenten 1949-1984, Matthias Rensing,p. 152
- ISBN 978-0-312-86300-5.
- ^ "16. Mai 2004 - Vor 30 Jahren: Helmut Schmidt wird zum Bundeskanzler gewählt". WDR (in German). Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ Walter Scheel - Der 10-Tage-Kanzler In: BR Podcast, 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Früherer Bundespräsident (1974-1979): Walter Scheel ist tot". SPIEGEL ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "Ehemaliger Bundespräsident Walter Scheel ist tot". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "Walter Scheel, Leading Figure in West German Thaw With the East, Dies at 97". The New York Times. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.