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Biography
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. He was the longest lived chancellor in German history and had the longest post-chancellorship, at over 33 years.
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Awards & recognition
- Ewald von Kleist Prize · 2014
- Eric M. Warburg Award · 2012
- Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize · 2012
- Point Alpha Prize · 2010
- Leipzig International Mendelssohn Prize · 2009
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- Osgar · 2008
- Global Economy Prize · 2007
- honorary doctor of the University of Marburg · 2007
- Oswald-von-Nell-Breuning Award · 2005
- honorary doctorate · 2003
- honorary citizen of Schleswig-Holstein · 1998
- honorary citizenship · 1995
- honorary citizen of Berlin · 1989
- Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal · 1988
- honorary citizen of Bonn · 1983
- honorary citizen of Hamburg · 1983
- honorary citizenship · 1983
- doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University · 1981
- honorary doctor of Harvard University · 1979
- honorary doctor of the Paul Cézanne University · 1979
- Theodor Heuss Award · 1978
- Financial Times Person of the Year · 1975
- Orden wider den tierischen Ernst · 1972
- Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
- honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge
- honorary doctorate of Haifa University
- Iron Cross 2nd Class
