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Walter Scheel

1919 - 2016

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Walter Scheel (German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈʃeːl] ; 8 July 1919 – 24 August 2016) was a German statesman. A member of the Nazi Party that joined the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) in 1946, he first served in government as the Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development from 1961 to 1966 and later as President of Germany from 1974 to 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Scheel has received more than 436,817 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Walter Scheel is the 2,469th most popular politician (up from 2,521st in 2019), the 668th most popular biography from Germany (up from 693rd in 2019) and the 184th most popular German Politician.

Walter Scheel was a politician in Germany who served as the Vice Chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974. He is most famous for his role in the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Walter Scheel ranks 2,469 out of 15,577. Before him are Ma Chao, Yazid II, Lee Teng-hui, Menkauhor Kaiu, Ahmad Shah Durrani, and Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony. After him are Yuan Shu, George, King of Saxony, Gustav Heinemann, Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France, Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, and Sima Zhao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Walter Scheel ranks 21. Before him are Choi Kyu-hah, Donald Pleasence, Kim Jong-suk, Gerhard Barkhorn, Fausto Coppi, and Pierre Trudeau. After him are Hans-Joachim Marseille, Boris Shcherbina, Dino De Laurentiis, Jack Palance, Lex Barker, and Leon Festinger. Among people deceased in 2016, Walter Scheel ranks 38. Before him are Nancy Reagan, Věra Čáslavská, Bernardo Provenzano, Gene Wilder, George Gaynes, and James Cronin. After him are Hilary Putnam, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Michael Cimino, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, René Angélil, and Robert Vaughn.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Scheel ranks 668 out of 6,142. Before him are George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595), Erich Mielke (1907), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1860), Ottmar Hitzfeld (1949), and Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722). After him are George, King of Saxony (1832), Gustav Heinemann (1899), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929), and Otto Ernst Remer (1912).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Walter Scheel ranks 184. Before him are Elsa Einstein (1876), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805), John William Friso, Prince of Orange (1687), George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595), Erich Mielke (1907), and Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722). After him are George, King of Saxony (1832), Gustav Heinemann (1899), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), Otto Ernst Remer (1912), and Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797).

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