Willy Brandt
Politician
1913 – 1992
Who was Willy Brandt?
Willy Brandt was a German statesman and politician, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1964 to 1987 and chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1969 to 1974. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 for his efforts to achieve reconciliation between West Germany and the countries of the Soviet bloc. He was the first Social Democrat chancellor since 1930.
Though controversial in West Germany, Brandt's policy of Ostpolitik can be considered his most significant legacy and it aimed at improving relations with East Germany, Poland, and the Soviet Union. Of similar importance, the Brandt Report became a recognised measure for describing the general North-South divide in world economics and politics between an affluent North and a poor South.
Brandt resigned as Chancellor in 1974, after Günter Guillaume, one of his closest aides, was exposed as an agent of the Stasi, the East German secret service.
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- Born
- Dec 18, 1913
Lübeck - Also known as
- Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm
- Mayor Willy Brandt
- Herbert Frahm
- Gunnar Gaasland
- Parents
- Spouses
- Rut Brandt
(1948 - 1980) - Anna Carlotta Thorkildsen
(1941 - 1948) - Brigitte Seebacher
(1983/12/09 - 1992/10/08)
- Rut Brandt
- Children
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- University of Oslo
- Died
- Oct 8, 1992
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on July 23, 2013
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