Germany lost one of its giants this week when former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt died at the great age of 96. Our own day and age may seem particularly tumultuous; but the years when Schmidt governed Germany were anything but quiet.
BERLIN – Germany lost one of its giants this week when former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt died at the great age of 96. Schmidt was the country’s defense minister from 1969 to 1972, finance minister from 1972 to 1974, and federal chancellor from 1974 to 1982. Our own day and age may seem particularly tumultuous; but the years when Schmidt governed Germany were anything but quiet.
BERLIN – Germany lost one of its giants this week when former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt died at the great age of 96. Schmidt was the country’s defense minister from 1969 to 1972, finance minister from 1972 to 1974, and federal chancellor from 1974 to 1982. Our own day and age may seem particularly tumultuous; but the years when Schmidt governed Germany were anything but quiet.