| 1918 |
Born in Hamburg (December 23rd, 1918) |
| 1937 |
Secondary School Certificate (Abitur) |
| 1937-1945 |
By draft labour and military service (AA unit),
finishing up as 1st Lieutenant of the Reserve and Battery Commander,
british POW April-August, 1945 |
| 1942 |
Married to Hannelore Glaser (one child) |
| 1945-1949 |
Studied economics at Hamburg University (M.A.) |
| 1946 |
Member of Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
| 1949-1953 |
Economic Councellor, Head of Section, finally Head
of the Transport Department in the Hamburg State Administration |
| 1953-1961 |
Member of the Bundestag |
| 1958-1983 |
Member of the SPD Federal Executive |
| 1961-1965 |
Senator for Internal Affairs in Hamburg |
| 1965-1987 |
Member of the Bundestag |
| 1967-1969 |
Chairman of the SPD Parliamentary Party |
| 1968-1984 |
Deputy Chairman of the SPD |
| 1969-1972 |
Federal Minister of Defence |
| 1972-1974 |
Federal Minister of Economics and Finance, then
Federal Minister of Finance |
| 1974-1982 |
Federal Chancellor |
| 1983- |
Publisher of the German weekly DIE ZEIT |
Honarary Degrees:
i.a. Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Leuven, Joshns
Hopkins, Sorbonne, Keio, and others |
| Author of i.a.: |
"Defence or Retaliation" |
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"Verteidigung oder Vergeltung" (1962) |
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"The Balance of Power" |
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"Strategie des Gleichgewichts" (1971) |
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"A Grand Strategy for the West" (1985) |
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"Eine Strategie fur den Westen" (1986) |
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"Men and Powers" (1990) |
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"Menschen und Machte" (1987) |
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"Die Deutschen und ihre Nachbarn" (1990) |
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"Hendeln fur Deutschland" (1993) |
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"Das Jahr der Entscheidung" (1994) |
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"Weggefahren" (1996) |
HELMUT SCHMIDT 
