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Willy Brandt (German: [ˈvɪliː ˈbʁant] ⓘ; born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974. [1]
The United States Marine Band performing during a State Arrival Ceremony for Chancellor Brandt on the South Lawn of the White House, 1970. Willy Brandt (left) and Willi Stoph in Erfurt 1970, the first encounter of a Federal Chancellor with his East German counterpart. Brant inspecting a Dutch Armed Forces guard of honour at Ypenburg Airport in ...
Brandt and Guillaume, 1974. The Guillaume affair (German: Guillaume-Affäre) was an espionage scandal in Germany during the Cold War.The scandal revolved around the exposure of an East German spy within the West German government and had far-reaching political repercussions in Germany, the most prominent being the resignation of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt in 1974.
Willy-Brandt-Placa in Warsaw Monument of the 'Kniefall' on the Skwer Willy’ego Brandta. Reviewing the Kniefall one tends to agree that it played an important part in easing the tension between the eastern and western block. The Treaty of Warsaw 1970 was signed on the very same day and it included the inviolability of the Oder-Neisse-line.
Brandt speaks to the press on election night, 28 September. Willy Brandt, against the will of several party fellows like Herbert Wehner or Helmut Schmidt, chose to leave the grand coalition with the CDU/CSU, forming a social-liberal coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) instead.
Willy Brandt (1913–1992) 21 October 1969 7 May 1974 4 years, 197 days: Social Democratic Party (SPD) Brandt I SPD ...
Influenced by Egon Bahr, who proposed "change through rapprochement" in a 1963 speech at the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing, the policies were implemented beginning with Willy Brandt, fourth Chancellor of the FRG from 1969 to 1974, [1] and winner of the 1971 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to place this policy at the acme of the FRG. [2] [3]
The 1971 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Chancellor of Germany Willy Brandt (1913–1992) "for paving the way for a meaningful dialogue between East and West." [1] [2] [3] Because of his efforts to strengthen cooperation in western Europe through the European Economic Community (EEC) and to achieve reconciliation between West Germany and the countries of Eastern Europe, he became the ...