GermanyHelmut Schmidt was chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982 as a Social Democrat. He managed the response to terrorism and recession, helped create the G7 and the European Monetary System, and supported NATO's Double-Track decision.
In the 12 Axes register, Helmut Schmidt leans hardest on Federal – Unitary: Federal 68%; the register median is Unitary 68%.
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Where Helmut Schmidt sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Federal
Chancellor of a federal republic 1974–82
Representative Democracy
Led a parliamentary SPD–FDP coalition
Centrist
Led the response to the 1977 German Autumn terrorism
Cooperation
Helped found the G7 and backed European integration
Military-Focused
Championed the NATO Double-Track decision
Centrist
Named a foreigners' commissioner in 1978, curbed family reunification
Mixed Economic
Combined social insurance with fiscal caution
Balanced
Supported the social market economy
Free Trade
Promoted export-led trade and the EMS
Moderate
Non-practising Protestant
Moderate
Social-liberal reforms continued, moderate on culture
Technological
Advocated nuclear power as an energy source
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Helmut Schmidt is at Federal 68%. The register median is Unitary 68%.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Helmut Schmidt is at Democratic 68%, almost the register median of Democratic 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.hdg.de
Portrait: Hans Schafgans, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
