Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt Biography and Timeline

Birth of Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt

Birth of Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt, son of a school teacher

SDP

Appointed Member of Social Democratic Party

Bundestag

Appointed Member of Bundestag, Federal Parliament

Chairman

Appointed Chairman of the SPD group in the Bundestag

Secretary of State for Defence

Appointed Minister of Defence

Role range: 1969-1972

Minister of Finance

Appointed Minister of Finance

Role range: 1972-1974

Public Expenditure

Forced to make expenditure cuts because of the oil crisis

Nuclear Power

Brazil signs an agreement with West Germany to obtain significant nuclear technology, the United States objects, but can only persuade West Germany to impose safeguards

Role range: 1974-1982

Chancellor

Appointed Chancellor

Role range: 1974-1982

Election

Helmut Schmidts coalition Government is returned with a reduced majority

Role range: 1974-1982

Terrorism

Orders an attack of the plane which succeeds without loss of life. A Lufthansa airliner is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists

Role range: 1974-1982

Election

The Social Democrats sustain heavy losses in West Berlin

Role range: 1974-1982

Vote of Confidence

Helmut Schmidt is defeated in a vote of no confidence & replaced by Helmut Kohl

Role range: 1974-1982

Economy of Germany

Unemployment rises from 582,000 in 1974 to 1.8 million in 1982

Role range: 1974-1982