- Born
- July 8, 1919
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2015-09-28
- 3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in basic data about the members of the BundestagRetrieved 2018-04-13
- 6.Stated in filmportal.deRetrieved 2017-10-09
- July 8, 1919
- Died
- August 24, 2016
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Sources- 1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 2.Stated in basic data about the members of the BundestagRetrieved 2018-04-13
- 3.Stated in filmportal.deRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/08/25/mort-de-walter-scheel-ancien-president-de-rfa_4988009_3382.html
- 5.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/walter-scheel-ist-tot-bonvivant-und-hasardeur-a-1109292.html
- 6.Stated in Brockhaus Enzyklopädiebrockhaus.de/ecs/julex/article/scheel-walterRetrieved 2017-10-09
- August 24, 2016
- Birthplace
- Höhscheid
- , Solingen
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Sources- 1.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2017-02-27
- 2.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/08/25/mort-de-walter-scheel-ancien-president-de-rfa_4988009_3382.html
- 3.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/walter-scheel-ist-tot-bonvivant-und-hasardeur-a-1109292.html
- Place of death
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- politician
2
Sources- 1.Stated in The Fine Art Archive DbRetrieved 2021-04-01
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
- , military personnel
- , general manager
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- +2 more
- politician
- Positions held
- president of Germany(1974–1979)
- , Federal Chancellor of Germany(1974–1974)
- , member of the German Bundestag(1972–1974)
- +10 more
- Education
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- Member of political party
- Free Democratic Party(1946–2016)
- Nazi Party(1941–1945) end cause: party prohibition
- Awards
- Charlemagne Prize(May 19, 1977)
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Sources- 1.“Der Karlspreisträger 1977 Walter Scheel”karlspreis.de/de/preistraeger/walter-scheel-1977/vitaRetrieved 2014-12-14
- honorary citizen of Berlin(since 1978)
- Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia(2009)
- honorary citizenship(2006) conferred by: Kranichfeld
- Reinhold Maier Medal(2000)
- Royal Order of the Seraphim(March 6, 1979)
- honorary citizen of Düsseldorf(1979)
- Grand Collar of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword(May 9, 1978)
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- honorary citizen of Bonn(1978)
- honorary doctor of the University of Auckland(1978) academic degree: Legum Doctor
- Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic(1977)
- Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland(September 6, 1976)
- honorary citizenship(1976) conferred by: Solingen
- honorary doctor of the University of Maryland(1975)
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Sources- 1.“University System of Maryland Honorary Degree Search”usmd.edu/regents/honorarydegrees/
- Orden wider den tierischen Ernst(1974)
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- Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany(1974)
- Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany(1973)
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic(September 15, 1971)
- Theodor Heuss Award(1971)
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- Tie Man of the Year(1969)
1
- Honorary doctor of the Heidelberg University
- honorary doctor of the University of Bristol
- honorary doctor of Georgetown University
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa(May 25, 1970)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic(1970)
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Order of the Chrysanthemum
- Charlemagne Prize(May 19, 1977)
- Name in native language
- Walter Scheel
- Sex or gender
- male
2
Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-03
- male
- Relative
- Cornelia Scheel kinship to subject: stepdaughter
- Catalog code
- 11001949 catalog: basic data about the members of the Bundestag
1
Sources- 1.Stated in basic data about the members of the BundestagRetrieved 2018-04-13
- 11001949 catalog: basic data about the members of the Bundestag
- Field of work
- politics
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
- politics
On other databases
87 identifiers linking Walter Scheel across the web's reference databases
- AbART person ID163143
- Alexander Turnbull Library ID273606
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID12283390s
- BIBSYS ID99025344
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDscheel-walter
- Bundestag Group Minutes IDScheelWalter_1953-10-06
- Cabinet minutes of the German Government IDregister/person/d5f0e3f9-952b-4a15-b204-884f36cc2d20
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf11608588
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- ČSFD person ID964281
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- DFK Paris person ID0001918965
- Discogs artist ID1416030
- DIZIE IDscheel-walter
- Dodis IDP15413
- ELNET IDa1136953x
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- FactGrid item IDQ245297
- FAST ID7051
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- GND ID118606751
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDwalter-scheel
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0061302
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDWalter_Scheel
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)4693240
- GTAA ID150493
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID54838
- IdRef ID031660886
- IMDb IDnm1344156
- ISNI0000000108849701
- IxTheo authority ID07939762X
- J9U entity ID987007463441905171
- JRC Names ID15460
- Kallías IDPE00056353
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- KBR person ID13936260
- Kinopoisk person ID645208
- LEO-BW person (GND) ID118606751
- Lex IDWalter_Scheel
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn50021613
- Munzinger person ID00000007356
- Museum-digital person/organization ID262339
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- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID069827729
- NDL Authority ID00621441
- NE.se IDwalter-scheel
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- NSDAP membership number (1925–1945)8757104
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- NSK ID981005675530809366
- NUKAT IDn2003021753
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- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3972939
- Our Campaigns candidate ID99317
- Oxford Reference overview ID20110803100445252
- Parsifal cluster ID97029
- PM20 folder IDpe/015499
- Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID136143
- Prabook ID142867
- Quirinale ID34536
- RERO ID (legacy)A003793503
- RILM ID135007
- SBN author IDSBLV248840
- SecondHandSongs artist ID102842
- SHARE Catalogue author ID571179
- SNAC ARK IDw6df8tv6
- Süddeutsche Zeitung topic IDWalter_Scheel
- Swedish Film Database person ID431245
- Treccani IDwalter-scheel
- U.S. National Archives Identifier10582209
- Vatican Library ID (former scheme)ADV10077093
- Vatican Library VcBA ID495/178279
- VIAF cluster ID32059330
- WikiTree person IDScheel-422
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJrRfXhw8dVMBC7VYBp9Dq
- Yale LUX IDperson/86b87078-2477-4bf2-83c8-a1e6c3d918d0
- Yle topic ID18-164705
