Schmidt, Helmut (1918 - )
- From left to right: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Helmut Schmidt, Gaston Thorn, Anker Jorgensen and others (Photo: European Commission)
Schmidt, Helmut (1918 - )
The former German Social Democrat chancellor who replaced Willy Brand and worked closely with the French President Giscard d`Estaing. Schmidt and Giscard d'Estaing initiated the Economic and Monetary System as a forerunner of EMU and the single currency.
