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    Walter Scheel (German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈʃeːl] ; 8 July 1919 – 24 August 2016) was a German statesman. A member of the Nazi Party that joined the Free Democratic...
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  • ichthyologist Karl Scheel (1866–1936), German physicist Mildred Scheel (1932–1985), German doctor; second wife of Walter Scheel Walter Scheel (1919–2016), German...
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    Chancellor Walter Scheel was appointed acting chancellor and served for nine days until the election of Helmut Schmidt on 16 May 1974. Scheel not taken...
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    Stern. Retrieved 8 April 2018. McFadden, Robert D. (24 August 2016). "Walter Scheel, Leading Figure in West German Thaw With the East, Dies at 97". The...
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    Knut von Kühlmann-Stumm. The new chairman elected delegates in 1968 Walter Scheel, a European-oriented liberals, although it came from the national liberal...
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  • as Chancellor, Walter Scheel was acting Chancellor for nine days. ^ Following Willy Brandt's resignation as Chancellor, Walter Scheel was acting Chancellor...
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    of the President of the Federal Republic Walter Scheel and the founder of the German Cancer Aid. Mildred Scheel was the third child of a radiologist and...
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    refused to sign the "Architects Act" for the same reason. In 1976, Walter Scheel vetoed a bill about simplification measures regarding the conscientious...
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    ensured a corresponding precedent and appointed former Vice-Chancellor Walter Scheel as Acting Chancellor. The Basic Law does not state who shall perform...
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    Following Brandt's resignation as Chancellor on 7 May 1974, Vice-Chancellor Walter Scheel (FDP) served as Acting Chancellor for nine days, until the inception...
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    Brandt II returned to government the next day, again with FDP chairman Walter Scheel as vice-chancellor and foreign minister. Defeated Rainer Barzel resigned...
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  • 1964 and 1966) Jelle Zijlstra (Netherlands, Nov 1966 – April 1967) Walter Scheel (West Germany, May 1974) Malcolm Fraser (Australia, first term only...
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    Walter Hallstein (17 November 1901 – 29 March 1982) was a German academic, diplomat and statesman who was the first president of the Commission of the...
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    over being drawn into the Arab–Israeli conflict. As foreign minister Walter Scheel put it in October 1972, one had to "defend against actions by both sides...
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    1973 Salvador de Madariaga 1974 1975 1976–2000 1976 Leo Tindemans 1977 Walter Scheel 1978 Konstantinos Karamanlis 1979 Emilio Colombo 1980 1981 Simone Veil...
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    government proposed a clandestine meeting between German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel and a member of Black September to create a "new basis of trust." In...
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    Gustav Walter Heinemann (German: [ˈɡʊsta(ː)f ˈhaɪnəman] ; 23 July 1899 – 7 July 1976) was a German politician who was President of West Germany from 1969...
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  • Willy Brandt Walter Scheel Brandt I SPD 254 of 496 FDP Term Chancellor Vice Chancellor Cabinet Parties Seats 1972–1974 Willy Brandt Walter Scheel Brandt II...
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    1974 West German presidential election (category Walter Scheel)
    FDP) nominated Vice-Chancellor Walter Scheel; the Christian Democratic Union nominated Richard von Weizsäcker. Scheel won the election by 32 votes on...
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    Democrats (SPD) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). The Vice-Chancellor was the Free Democrat Walter Scheel (FDP). Cabinet of Germany Cabinet Brandt II...
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    1973 Salvador de Madariaga 1974 1975 1976–2000 1976 Leo Tindemans 1977 Walter Scheel 1978 Konstantinos Karamanlis 1979 Emilio Colombo 1980 1981 Simone Veil...
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    September 1962 as a federally owned company by the former Federal President Walter Scheel. Since its foundation, DEG has been headquartered in Cologne. In 2008...
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    Germany on 23 May 1979. Deeming his reelection to be unlikely, incumbent Walter Scheel elected not to seek a second term. The two candidates to replace him...
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    1973 Salvador de Madariaga 1974 1975 1976–2000 1976 Leo Tindemans 1977 Walter Scheel 1978 Konstantinos Karamanlis 1979 Emilio Colombo 1980 1981 Simone Veil...
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    this position had been Hermann Müller from 1928 to 1930. FDP chairman Walter Scheel succeeded Brandt as vice-chancellor and foreign minister. Brandt's government...
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    Schleicher 56 days 32 8 Max von Baden 37 days 33 26 Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk 21 days 34 – Walter Scheel (acting) 9 days 35 25 Joseph Goebbels 1 day 36...
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    1990–1995 Succeeded by Konstantinos Stephanopoulos Awards Preceded by Walter Scheel Recipient of the Charlemagne Prize 1978 Succeeded by Emilio Colombo...
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    1973 Salvador de Madariaga 1974 1975 1976–2000 1976 Leo Tindemans 1977 Walter Scheel 1978 Konstantinos Karamanlis 1979 Emilio Colombo 1980 1981 Simone Veil...
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    of the 1976 Democratic National Convention, and selected liberal Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota as his running mate. Carter began the race with a huge...
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    professors supported Brandt and the SPD. Among them were Günter Grass, Walter Jens, and even the soccer player Paul Breitner. Brandt's Ostpolitik as well...
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