Helmut Schmidt

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On the occasion of the 95th birthday of Helmut Schmidt, West German Chancellor 1974-1982, his biographer Hartmut Soell, Professor of History at Heidelberg University and former member of the German Parliament (1980-1994), presents H. Schmidt as a Pioneer of International Economic and Financial Cooperation. Influenced by the catastrophes of the early 20th century (global economic crisis, dictatorship and war), Schmidt entered politics as a trained economist and was one of the most innovative policymakers from the 1960s to the 1980s. As minister of defense, economy and finance and as Chancellor he was able to implement many of his ideas for closer cooperation between Western industrial states on currency issues and energy policy during the 1970s. Together with French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing he launched the G7 summits in 1975 and his proposals for a European currency system (1978-79) paved the way for the European economic and currency union. As editor of Die Zeit, he would later become an influential commentator.

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InhaltsangabeHartmut Soell: A Short Biography of Helmut Schmidt.- Major Publications by and on Helmut Schmidt.- Speech in Nairobi: World Currency Conference, 25 September 1973.- Washington Energy Conference, 11 February 1974.- The Energy Crisis - A Challenge for the Western World, Lecture at Roosevelt University, Chicago, 13 March 1974.- Interview by James Reston (New York Times) with Helmut Schmidt.- Speech to the British Labor Party 1974.- Address to the Council of Foreign Relations, New York, 6 December 1974.- Helmut Schmidt: Private Memorandum on International Concentration of Economic Action, 30 July 1975.- Speech in Rambouillet: World Economic Summit, 15. November 1975.- The Case for More Intra-European Monetary Cooperation.- Summary of Comments Made in Copenhagen, 7 April 1978 (Personal).- International Affairs Institute, Lagos, 27 June 1978.

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