A federal election was held in West Germany on 5 October 1980 to elect the members of the 9th Bundestag. Although the CDU/CSU remained the largest faction in parliament, Helmut Schmidt of the Social D
Franz Josef Strauß 1982
Helmut Schmidt at Andrews AFB 1981
Bundesarchiv FDP Bundesparteitag, Genscher
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Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. He was the longest lived
1980 West German federal election
…was held in West Germany on 5 October 1980 to elect the members of the 9th Bundestag. Although the CDU/CSU remained the largest faction in parliament, Helmut Schmidt of the Social Democratic Party remained Chancellor. Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of the SPD-FDP coalition wanted to be re-elected. The CDU/CSU candidate…
Schmidt in 1977
Schmidt's official Bundestag portrait, 1953
Schmidt, Erich Honecker, Gerald Ford and Bruno Kreisky in 1975 in Helsinki
U.S. president Jimmy Carter and Schmidt in July 1977