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Walter Arendt | |
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Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Germany | |
In office 22 October 1969 –14 December 1976 | |
Chancellor | Willy Brandt (1969-74) Helmut Schmidt (1974-76) |
Preceded by | Hans Katzer |
Succeeded by | Herbert Ehrenberg |
Deputy Chairman of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag | |
In office 14 December 1976 –4 November 1980 | |
Member of the Bundestag | |
In office 17 October 1961 –4 November 1980 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Heessen | 17 January 1925
Died | 7 March 2005 80) Bornheim | (aged
Nationality | German |
Political party | SPD (1946 until his death) |
Occupation | Miner |
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