GermanyWilly Brandt was a German Social Democratic politician who served as mayor of West Berlin and as West German chancellor from 1969 to 1974. His Ostpolitik eased relations with the Eastern bloc and won him the 1971 Nobel Peace Prize.
In the 12 Axes register, Willy Brandt leans hardest on Internationalism – Nationalism: Internationalism 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Willy Brandt sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Federal
Governed a federal republic with strong Länder
Representative Democracy
Pledged to 'dare more democracy' in his first Bundestag speech
Centrist
1972 decree barred radicals from public service
Internationalism
Ostpolitik with Moscow, Warsaw and East Berlin
Non-Aggressive
Nobel Peace Prize 1971 for Ostpolitik
Polyculturalist
1971 directives set housing standards for foreign workers
Social Democratic
Expanded the welfare state; social spending nearly doubled
Regulationism
Federal spending rose about 12% a year, 1970–1974
Free Trade
Strengthened Western European cooperation through the EEC
Agnostic
Led a secular social democratic party
Progressive
'Chancellor of domestic reform' in education and welfare
Neutral
No distinct position on technology
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Willy Brandt is at Federal 68%. The register median is Unitary 68%.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Willy Brandt 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.nobelprize.org
Portrait: Engelbert Reineke, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, 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].
