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Walter Scheel (born July 8, 1919) is a German poltician. As a cabinet minister in the 1960s, he brought about the downfall of the Erhard government in late 1966, when he took the Free Democratic Party, which he led, out of the coalition government. He returned to government in 1969 and served as Foreign Minister till 1974), when he became President of Germany, a post he held until 1979). He largely retreated to private life after his term of office expired.

Scheel made a speech entitled Scham at the funeral of Hanns Martin Schleyer in October 1977.

Preceded by: Gustav Heinemann	President of Germany 1974-1979	Succeeded by: Karl CarstensKarl Carstens ( December 14, 1914 May 30, 1992) was a German politician. He served as the fifth President of the Federal Republic of Germany. Carstens studied law and political science at the universities of Frankfurt, Dijon, Munich, Konigsberg and Hambur
Preceded by: Willy BrandtWilly Brandt ( December 18, 1913 October 8, 1992) was Chancellor of Germany from 1969 to 1974. The social democrat received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 for his work in improving relations with the German Democratic Republic, Poland and the Soviet Union,	Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs 1969-1974	Succeeded by: Hans-Dietrich GenscherHans-Dietrich Genscher (Born March 21, 1927) is a German politician with the FDP and a long-serving Foreign Minister of Germany. Born at Reideburg, Saalkreis, near Halle, in what later became East Germany, he served in the Army from 1943 to 1945, as well

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