Helmut Schmidt was a prominent German statesman and politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), serving as Chancellor from 1974 to 1982. He gained popularity as a crisis manager during the 1962 North Sea flood while serving as Hamburg's police senator. He held various key government positions, including Minister of Defense and Minister of Economics and Finance. After leaving office, he remained influential as a co-publisher of the respected weekly magazine Die Zeit until his death in 2015.
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Meaning of the name - Helmut
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Helmut Schmidt belongs to the GI Generation group.
Place of Birth: Hamburg
Place of Death: Hamburg
Cause of Death: peripheral artery disease
Educated At: Lichtwarkschule | University of Hamburg | Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory
Occupation: publisher | non-fiction writer | statesperson | economist | civil servant | minister | politician | writer
Spouses: Loki Schmidt
Children: Susanne Schmidt
Employers: Sociaaldemokratiese Party van Duitsland (SPD) | senator van Hamburg se polisiediens | minister vir verdediging | federale minister vir ekonomie en finansies | Die Zeit
Awards Received: honorary doctor of the University of Marburg | honorary citizen of Bonn | Theodor Heuss Award | honorary doctorate of Haifa University | Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford | honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge | honorary doctor of Harvard University | honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | honorary citizen of Hamburg | honorary citizen of Berlin | Leipzig International Mendelssohn Prize | Ewald von Kleist award | Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal | Financial Times Person of the Year | honorary doctorate | Iron Cross 2nd Class | Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | Global Economy Prize | Point Alpha Prize | Oswald-von-Nell-Breuning Award | Orden wider den tierischen Ernst | Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize | honorary citizenship | Osgar | Eric M. Warburg Award
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Ephemeris for December 23, 1918
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on December 23, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for December 23, 2025 |
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| Sun | 1 Capricorn 4 | 2 Capricorn 7 | 18 Aries 47 |
| Moon | 13 Virgo 47 | 13 Aquarius 6 | 15 Leo 13 |
| Mercury | 19 Sagittarius 48 | 16 Sagittarius 13 | 16 Aries 18 |
| Venus | 8 Capricorn 15 | 28 Sagittarius 46 | 20 Taurus 54 |
| Mars | 2 Aquarius 36 | 6 Capricorn 21 | 25 Aries 53 |
| Jupiter | 11 Cancer 46 | 22 Cancer 24 | 7 Cancer 47 |
| Saturn | 28 Leo 49 | 25 Pisces 39 | 22 Leo 17 |
| Uranus | 24 Aquarius 47 | 28 Taurus 12 | 0 Pisces 21 |
| Neptune | 8 Leo 52 | 29 Pisces 25 | 6 Leo 32 |
| Pluto | 5 Cancer 40 | 2 Aquarius 28 | 4 Cancer 37 |
| Rahu | 12 Sagittarius 8 | 12 Pisces 36 | 6 Sagittarius 28 |
| Ketu | 12 Gemini 8 | 12 Virgo 36 | 6 Gemini 28 |
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