Helmut Schmidt
Noun
Meaning
German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918)
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Examples
As president, Giscard worked with German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt to launch the European Monetary System, which had fixed pegs between the region's currencies before monetary union and the euro.
"A Pyrrhic Victory: Harold Wilson, Helmut Schmidt, and the British Renegotiation of EC Membership, 1974–5."
Finance Minister Helmut Schmidt (SPD) formed a coalition and he served as Chancellor from 1974 to 1982.
On 24 April 1975, the West German embassy in Stockholm was seized by members of the RAF; two of the hostages were murdered as the German government under Chancellor Helmut Schmidt refused to give in to their demands.
To this day, readers such as Helmut Schmidt, chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982, agree.
West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt objected to Brzezinski's agenda, even calling for the removal of Radio Free Europe from German soil.