- 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.
- 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.
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