biography
pronunciation:
[shayl]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1919– )
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| biography:
| West German statesman and president (1974–9), born in Solingen, C Germany. After serving in the Luftwaffe in World War 2 he went into business, joined the Free Democratic Party, and was elected to the Bundestag in 1953. He was minister for economic co-operation (1961–6) and foreign minister (1969–74), and in 1970 negotiated treaties with the USSR and Poland. |
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