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. He was the longest lived chancellor in German history and had the longest post-chancellorship, at over 33 years.
- Occupation
- politician, economist, civil servant, non-fiction writer
- Position held
- Member of the European Parliament, member of the German Bundestag, Federal Chancellor of Germany, Senator of the Interior
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Born
- December 23, 1918
- Died
