- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHerbert Ernst Karl Frahm
- Nickname
- Brally Windt
- Height5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
- Willy Brandt was born on December 18, 1913 in Lübeck [now Schleswig-Holstein], Germany. He was married to Brigitte Seebacher, Rut Brandt and Carlota Thorkildsen. He died on October 8, 1992 in Unkel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- SpousesBrigitte Seebacher(December 9, 1983 - October 8, 1992) (his death)Rut Brandt(September 4, 1948 - December 1980) (divorced, 3 children)Carlota Thorkildsen(May 1941 - 1948) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenNinja Frahm
- Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (22 October 1969 to 7 May 1974).
- Winner of Nobel Peace Prize, 1971.
- Mayor of West Berlin from 1957 to 1966. He stood next to US President John F. Kennedy when he gave his famous speech criticizing communism on his Berlin trip (1963).
- Foreign minister and vice chancellor of West Germany from 1966 to 1969.
- Was the first Social-Democratic chancellor of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland. He was followed by Helmut Schmidt (SPD) in 1974.
- If I'm selling to you, I speak your language. If I'm buying, dann müssen Sie Deutsch sprechen!
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