Brandt, Willy
Brandt, Willy (1913–92) German politician, chancellor of West Germany (1969–74), b. Karl Herbert Frahm. An active Social Democrat, he fled to Norway and then Sweden during the Nazi era. He returned to Germany after World War II, and was elected mayor of West Berlin in 1957. In national politics, he became foreign minister in 1966. As chancellor, Brandt initiated a programme of cooperation with states in the communist bloc, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971. He resigned after a close aide was exposed as an East German spy. He chaired the Brandt Commission on international development issues, which published North-South: A Programme for Survival (1980) and Common Crisis (1983).
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