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{{Short description|President of Germany From 1974 to 1979}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Walter Scheel | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-047-20, Walter Scheel.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Scheel in 1974 | office = [[President of Germany]]{{efn|Due to the division of Germany, Walter Scheel was only the President of [[West Germany]]. The term '''West Germany''' is the common English name for the '''Federal Republic of Germany''' between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the [[German reunification]] through the accession of [[East Germany]] on 3 October 1990.}} | chancellor = [[Helmut Schmidt]] | term_start = 1 July 1974 | term_end = 30 June 1979 | predecessor = [[Gustav Heinemann]] | successor = [[Karl Carstens]] | office1 = [[Chancellor of Germany]]{{efn|Due to the division of Germany, Walter Scheel was only the chancellor in [[West Germany]]. The term '''West Germany''' is the common English name for the '''Federal Republic of Germany''' between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the [[German reunification]] through the accession of [[East Germany]] on 3 October 1990. The office of chancellor did not exist in East Germany.}} |term_label1 = Acting | president1 = [[Gustav Heinemann]] | term_start1 = 7 May 1974 | term_end1 = 16 May 1974 | predecessor1 = [[Willy Brandt]] | successor1 = [[Helmut Schmidt]] | office2 = [[Vice Chancellor of Germany]] | term_start2 = 22 October 1969 | term_end2 = 16 May 1974 | chancellor2 = [[Willy Brandt]]<br />''himself'' (acting) | predecessor2 = Willy Brandt | successor2 = [[Hans-Dietrich Genscher]] | office3 = [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] | term_start3 = 21 October 1969 | term_end3 = 16 May 1974 | chancellor3 = [[Willy Brandt]]<br />''himself'' (acting) | predecessor3 = [[Willy Brandt]] | successor3 = [[Hans-Dietrich Genscher]] | office4 = [[Presidium of the Bundestag|Vice President of the Bundestag]]<br />(on proposal of the FDP group) | 1blankname4 = {{nowrap|[[President of the Bundestag|President]]}} | 1namedata4 = [[Eugen Gerstenmaier]]<br />[[Kai-Uwe von Hassel]] | term_start4 = 8 September 1967 | term_end4 = 19 October 1969 | predecessor4 = [[Thomas Dehler]] | successor4 = [[Liselotte Funcke]] | office5 = [[Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development|Minister for Economic Cooperation]] | term_start5 = 14 November 1961 | term_end5 = 28 October 1966 | chancellor5 = [[Konrad Adenauer]]<br />[[Ludwig Erhard]] | predecessor5 = ''Office established'' | successor5 = [[Werner Dollinger]] {{Collapsed infobox section begin |last=yes |Parliamentary constituencies |titlestyle=border:1px dashed lightgrey;}}{{Infobox officeholder |embed=yes | office6 = [[Member of the German Bundestag|Member]] of the [[Bundestag]] <br /> for [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] | term_start6 = [[1953 West German federal election|6 October 1953]] | term_end6 = 27 June 1974 | predecessor6 = ''multi-member district'' | successor6 = Karl-Hans Laermann | constituency6 = [[Electoral system of Germany|Free Democratic Party List]] | office7 = [[Member of the European Parliament|Member]] of the [[European Parliament]] <br /> for [[West Germany]] | term_start7 = 1 July 1956 | term_end7 = 20 November 1961 | predecessor7 = ''multi-member district'' | successor7 = ''multi-member district'' | office8 = Member of the<br />[[Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia]] <br /> for Remscheid | term_start8 = 5 July 1950 | term_end8 = 13 July 1954 | predecessor8 = [[Hugo Paul (politician)|Hugo Paul]] | successor8 = Walter Frey{{Collapsed infobox section end}}}} | birth_name = Walter Scheel | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1919|7|8}} | birth_place = [[Solingen|Höhscheid]], Rhine Province, [[Free State of Prussia]], [[Weimar Republic]] (now [[Solingen#City administration|Solingen-Höhscheid]], North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2016|8|24|1919|7|8}} | death_place = [[Bad Krozingen]], Baden-Württemberg, Germany | party = [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (1946–2016) | otherparty = [[Nazi Party]] (1942–1945) | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|Businessman|Consultant}} | spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Eva Charlotte Kronenberg|1942|1966|end=d}}|{{marriage|Mildred Wirtz|1969|1985|end=d}}|{{marriage|Barbara Wiese|1988}}}} | children = 4<!--Ulrich<br>Cornelia<br>Simon Martin <br>Andrea-Gwendoline--> | signature = Signatur Walter Scheel.jpg }} '''Walter Scheel''' ({{IPA|de|ˈvaltɐ ˈʃeːl|lang|De-Walter Scheel.ogg}}; 8 July 1919 – 24 August 2016)<ref>[https://m.geboren.am/person/walter-scheel Profile of Walter Scheel]</ref> was a German statesman. A member of the [[Nazi Party]] who joined the [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party of Germany]] (FDP) in 1946, he first served in government as the [[Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development|Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development]] from 1961 to 1966 and later as [[President of Germany]] from 1974 to 1979. He led the FDP from 1968 to 1974.<ref>{{cite web|title=Walter Scheel (1974–1979)|url=http://www.bundespraesident.de/EN/TheGermanFederalPresidents/WalterScheel/walterscheel-node.html|publisher=German Federal Presidency|access-date=13 July 2013}}</ref> During the chancellorship of [[Willy Brandt]], Scheel was [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)|Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs]] and the [[Vice-Chancellor of Germany|Vice Chancellor]]. Scheel became [[Chancellor of Germany|acting Chancellor of West Germany]] from 7–16 May 1974 following Brandt's resignation after the [[Guillaume Affair]]. He was elected shortly after as the [[President of Germany|president of West Germany]], remaining in the role until 1979. Scheel was a member of the [[Protestant Church in Germany]].
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