Trivia

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.

Father of Peter Brandt, Lars Brandt and actor Matthias Brandt.

Politician (Federal Republic of Germany)

Time Magazine's Person of the Year (1970).

Honorary citizen of Lübeck (1972).

Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of West Germany (SDP) (1964-1987).

Candidate for West German Chancellorship in 1961; lost to Konrad Adenauer.

Candidate for West German Chancellorship in 1965; lost to Ludwig Erhard.