Willy brandt und konrad adenauer biography
Willy brandt und konrad adenauer biography
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Willy Brandt
Chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974
Not to be confused with Vassily Brandt.
This article is about the German politician. For people with a similar name, see William Brandt (disambiguation).
Willy Brandt (German:[ˈvɪliːˈbʁant]ⓘ; born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974.[1] He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 for his efforts to strengthen cooperation in Western Europe through the EEC and to achieve reconciliation between West Germany and the countries of Eastern Europe.[2] He was the first Social Democratic chancellor since 1930.[3]
Fleeing to Norway and then Sweden during the Nazi regime and working as a left-wing journalist, he took the name Willy Brandt as a pseudonym to avoid detection by Nazi age