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Ideologies / Social Democrat / Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1913–1992 · Germany · Chancellor

Willy Brandt

Architect of Ostpolitik

Reconciliation with the East and an expansive welfare state.

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The chancellor whose Ostpolitik thawed the Cold War and who knelt at the Warsaw Ghetto memorial.

social

Progressive reformer who modernised West German society and foreign policy.

economic

Grew West Germany's social market economy and welfare provision.

governance

Deepened democratic norms; 'dare more democracy' was his watchword.

Notable for
  • Ostpolitik détente
  • Nobel Peace Prize, 1971
  • Warschauer Kniefall
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