Walter Scheel was a German statesman. A member of the Nazi Party that joined the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) in 1946, he first served in government as the Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development from 1961 to 1966 and later as President of Germany from 1974 to 1979. He led the FDP from 1968 to 1974.
Scheel in 1974
Scheel with U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 1978
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, abbreviated BMZ, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its main office is at the former German Chancellery in Bonn with a second major office at the Europahaus in Berlin.
Offices of the BMZ in the former Federal Chancellery in Bonn
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1989 047 20, Walter Scheel
Image: Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild F017055 0030, Paris, Einweihung Deutsche Botschaft, Dollinger (cropped)
Image: Besprekingen over ontwikkelingshulp door de Westduitse minister H.J. Wischnewski, Bestanddeelnr 920 9807 (cropped)