Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Helmut Schmidt, Euro Founding Father, Dead at 96

 

Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who led the country for eight years at the height of the Cold War, has died at the age of 96, his office in Hamburg said on Tuesday (November 10).

Schmidt was West Germany’s second centre-left Social Democrat (SPD) chancellor from 1974 to 1982 and a leading proponent of European integration.

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Source: Euronews

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