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Also Known As Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt
Born December 23, 1918 • Hamburg • Germany
Died November 10, 2015 (aged 96) • Hamburg • Germany
Title / Office chancellor (1974-1982), West Germany
Political Affiliation Social Democratic Party of Germany

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