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Walter Scheel
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Walter Scheel

1919 – 2016 · aged 97

President of West Germany (1974-1979)

Born
8 Jul 1919 · Höhscheid
Died
24 Aug 2016 · Bad Krozingen

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 112 years
  1. 8 Jul 1919BornBorn in Höhscheid
  2. 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
  3. 1950 – 1954RoleMember of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
  4. 1953 – 1957RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  5. 1956 – 1961RoleMember of the European Parliament
  6. 1957 – 1961RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  7. 1961 – 1965RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  8. 1961 – 1966RoleFederal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development
  9. 1965 – 1969RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  10. 1969 – 1972RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  11. 1969 – 1974RoleFederal Minister for Foreign Affairs
  12. 1969 – 1974RoleVice-Chancellor of Germany
  13. 1969AwardTie Man of the Year
  14. 1970AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa
  15. 1970AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
  16. 1971AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  17. 1971AwardTheodor Heuss Award
  18. 1972 – 1974RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  19. 1973AwardGrand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  20. 1974RoleFederal Chancellor of Germany
  21. 1974 – 1979RolePresident of Germany
  22. 1974AwardGrand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  23. 1974AwardOrden wider den tierischen Ernst
  24. 1975AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Maryland
  25. 1976AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  26. 1976AwardHonorary citizenship
  27. 1977AwardCharlemagne Prize
  28. 24 Aug 2016DiedDied in Bad Krozingen

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1919 – 2016).

  1. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  2. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  3. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  4. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  5. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  6. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  7. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1938Munich Agreement
  9. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  10. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  11. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  12. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  13. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  14. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  15. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  16. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  17. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  19. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  20. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  21. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  22. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  23. 1956Suez Crisis
  24. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  26. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  28. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  30. 1968Prague Spring
  31. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  32. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  33. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  34. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  36. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  37. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  38. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  39. 1985Schengen Agreement
  40. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

Biography

Walter Scheel (German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈʃeːl] ; 8 July 1919 – 24 August 2016) was a German statesman. A former member of the Nazi Party who 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.

During the chancellorship of Willy Brandt, Scheel was Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Vice Chancellor. Scheel became acting Chancellor of West Germany from 7–16 May 1974 following Brandt's resignation after the Guillaume Affair. He was elected shortly after as the president of West Germany, remaining in the role until 1979. Scheel was a member of the Protestant Church in Germany.

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