Preceded by Hans Katzer Name Walter Arendt Succeeded by Herbert Ehrenberg Role German Politician | Nationality German Resigned December 14, 1976 Occupation Miner | |
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Chancellor Willy Brandt (1969-74)
Helmut Schmidt (1974-76) Born 17 January 1925
Heessen ( 1925-01-17 ) Political party SPD (1946 until his death) Died March 7, 2005, Bornheim, Germany Party Social Democratic Party of Germany | ||
Walter Arendt (born 17 January 1925 in Heessen; died 7 March 2005 in Bornheim) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
He was Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Germany from 1969 to 1976.
Since 1946 he was member of the SPD and member of the German Bundestag from 1961 to 1980.
Family, education and profession
Arendt was the son of a miner who died early from pneumoconiosis. This was one of his motives in his later strive to improve the situation of miners by enabling them to receive earlier pension.
References
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