Brandt–Scheel coalition government

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The Brandt–Scheel coalition government was the West German administration of Chancellor Willy Brandt and Vice Chancellor Walter Scheel in the early 1970s, noted for its groundbreaking Ostpolitik that sought rapprochement with Eastern Bloc countries.

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instanceOf federal government of West Germany
appliesPolicy Ostpolitik
capital Bonn
coalitionPartner Free Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party of Germany
country West Germany
deputyHeadOfGovernment Walter Scheel
endTime 1974
executiveBody Federal Cabinet of Germany
followedBy Brandt II cabinet
governmentForm parliamentary democracy
hasCabinetMember Egon Bahr
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Helmut Schmidt
Herbert Wehner
headOfGovernment Willy Brandt
ideology liberalism
social democracy
jurisdiction Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: West Germany
language German
legislativeTerm 6th Bundestag
linked to: Bundestag

7th Bundestag
linked to: Bundestag
legislature Bundestag
location Bonn
namedAfter Walter Scheel
Willy Brandt
officeHolder Walter Scheel
Willy Brandt
partOf Cold War détente
linked to: Detente
politicalMajority Free Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party of Germany
precededBy Kiesinger cabinet
reasonForEnd Guillaume affair
significantEvent Basic Treaty (1972)
Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1971)
Nobel Peace Prize for Willy Brandt (1971)
linked to: Nobel Peace Prize

Treaty of Moscow (1970)
Treaty of Warsaw (1970)
significantPolicy improvement of relations with the German Democratic Republic
normalization of relations with Eastern Europe
rapprochement with Eastern Bloc
recognition of the Oder–Neisse line
startTime 1969
timePeriod early 1970s

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Hallstein Doctrine replacedUnder Willy Brandt government
linked to: Brandt–Scheel coalition government
Wandel durch Annäherung implementedBy Brandt–Scheel coalition government