Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982.
Schmidt in 1977
Schmidt, Erich Honecker, Gerald Ford and Bruno Kreisky in 1975 in Helsinki
U.S. president Jimmy Carter and Schmidt in July 1977
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Schmidt in July 1977
Social Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany.
SPD members in Reichstag 1889. Sitting from left to right: Georg Schumacher, Friedrich Harm, August Bebel, Heinrich Meister and Karl Frohme. Standing: Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Dietz, August Kühn, Wilhelm Liebknecht, Karl Grillenberger, and Paul Singer.
A widely publicized SPD election poster from 1932, with the Three Arrows symbol representing resistance against reactionary conservatism, Nazism and Communism, and with the slogan "Against Papen, Hitler, Thälmann"
Sigmar Gabriel, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (2013–2018) and former chairman of the SPD