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Walter Arendt
Arendt in 1976
Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs  Germany
In office 22 October 1969 – 14 December 1976
Chancellor	Willy Brandt (1969-74) Helmut Schmidt (1974-76)
Preceded by	Hans Katzer
Succeeded by	Herbert Ehrenberg
Deputy Chairman of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag
In office 14 December 1976 – 4 November 1980
Member of the Bundestag
In office 17 October 1961 – 4 November 1980
Personal details
Born	(1925-01-17)17 January 1925 Heessen
Died	7 March 2005(2005-03-07) (aged 80) Bornheim
Nationality	German
Political party	SPD (1946 until his death)
Occupation	Miner

Walter Arendt (born 17 January 1925 in Heessen; died 7 March 2005 in Bornheim) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

He was Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Germany from 1969 to 1976.

Since 1946 he was member of the SPD and member of the German Bundestag from 1961 to 1980.

Biography

Family, education and profession

Arendt was the son of a miner who died early from pneumoconiosis. This was one of his motives in his later strive to improve the situation of miners by enabling them to receive earlier pension.

External links

• DNB-Catalogue (German)
• Arendt at the archives of the social democratie from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Bonn) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

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1963; Fritz Erler from 3 March 1964 Members: Albertz Altmaier (until 8 February 1963) Anders (from 17 April 1963) Arendt Arndt Auge Baade Bading Bals Bartsch (from 23 October 1963) Bauer Bäuerle (from 31 May 1963) Bäumer Bazille Bechert Behrendt Berger-Heise Bergmann Berkhan Berlin Beuster Beyer Biegler Biermann Birkelbach (until 30 September 1964) Blachstein Bleiß Börner Brandt (until 27 December 1961) Brauer Braun Brecht (until 10 July 1962) Brünen Bruse (from 16 July 1962) Buchstaller Busch (from 26 January 1962) Büttner Corterier Cramer Deist (until 7 March 1964) Diekmann Döhring Dopatka Dröscher Eilers Elsner Eppler Erler Eschmann Faller Felder Figgen Flämig (from 15 February 1963) Folger Franke Frede Frehsee Freyh (from 22 December 1961) Fritsch Geiger Gerlach Glombig (from 25 January 1962) Gscheidle Haage Haase (from 10 November 1961) Hamacher Hansing Harm (until 10 August 1964) Hauffe Heide Heiland (until 6 May 1965) Heinemann Hellenbrock Herberts (from 12 March 1964) Herklotz Hermsdorf Herold Hirsch Hoegner (until 4 January 1962) Höhmann Höhne Hörauf Hörmann Hubert Hübner (from 13 May 1965) Hufnagel Hussong Iven Jacobi Jacobs Jahn Jaksch Junghans Junker Jürgensen Kaffka Kahn-Ackermann (from 10 January 1962) Kalbitzer Keilhack (until 19 January 1962) Kettig Killat Kipp-Kaule Klein (until 22 October 1963) Kleinert (from 13 November 1964) Koch Koenen Kohlberger Könen Korspeter Krappe Kraus Kreyssig Kriedemann Kübler Kühn (until 9 April 1963) Kulawig Kurlbaum Lange Langebeck Lautenschlager Leber Lemper Lenz Liehr (from 11 January 1962) Lohmar Lösche (from 18 April 1963) Lücke Ludwig (from 6 January 1962 until 18 February 1962) Lünenstraß (until 16 May 1963) Marquardt Marx Matthöfer Mattick Matzner Maybaum (from 22 May 1963) Meermann Menzel (until 24 September 1963) Merten Metter Metzger Meyer Meyer Michels Möller Mommer Morgenstern Müller Müller Müller Müller Müller-Emmert Nellen Neubauer (until 16 April 1963) Neumann Nissen (until 1 October 1964) Ohlemeyer 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4th Bundestag v t e Members of the 5th Bundestag (1965–1969) President: Eugen Gerstenmaier (CDU) until 31 January 1969; Kai-Uwe von Hassel (CDU) from 5 February 1969 CDU/CSU v t e CDU and CSU Speaker: Rainer Barzel CDU: Abelein Adenauer (until 19 April 1967) Adorno Arnold Artzinger Baier Balkenhol Barzel Bauknecht Becker Benda Berberich Berendsen Berger Bewerunge Biechele Birrenbach Blank Blöcker Blohm Blumenfeld Brand Brauksiepe Bremer Brese Brück Budde Bühler Burgbacher Burgemeister Burger Conring Czaja Damm Delden Deringer Dichgans Diebäcker Draeger Eckardt Elbrächter Enk Enseling (from 28 April 1966) Erhard Erhard Ernesti (from 9 July 1967) Erpenbeck Even Exner Falke (from 27 July 1967) Franke Franzen Freiwald Frerichs Frey Frieler Fritz Furler Geißler (until 11 October 1967) Gerstenmaier Gewandt Gibbert (until 30 December 1967) Giulini Glüsing Gottesleben Götz Gradl Griesinger Güde Haase Häfele Hahn Hammans Hanz Härzschel (from 19 October 1967) Hassel Hauser Hauser Häussler Heck Hesberg Hilbert Hofmann Holkenbrink (until 17 July 1967) Holzmeister (from 5 February 1968) Hörnemann Horstmeier Horten Huys Illerhaus Jacobi Jahn Josten Jungmann Kalinke Katzer Kiep Klee Klein Klepsch Kliesing Klinker Knobloch (from 24 July 1967) Kopf Köppler Krammig Krampe (from 11 October 1966) Kraske Krone Kühn Kuntscher Lampersbach Leicht Lemmer Lenz Lenz Lenze Lindenberg (from 29 September 1967) Löhr Lücke Luda Majonica Martin Marx Maucher Maxsein Meis Meister Mengelkamp (until 21 July 1967) Merkatz Mick Missbach Mönikes (from 12 October 1967) Müller Müller Müller Müller-Hermann Müser Nordenskjöld Orgaß Petersen Philipp (until 20 April 1966) Picard Pieser (from 26 June 1968) Pitz-Savelsberg Porten Prassler Preiß Rasner Rawe Reinhard Reinholz (from 24 July 1967) Richarts (until 16 September 1969) Riedel Rinsche Ritgen Ritz Rock Rollmann Rommerskirchen Rösing Rösler (from 24 September 1969) Ruf Russe Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein Schmid-Burgk Schmidt Schmitt Schmücker Schober Schröder Schröder Schroeder Schulhoff Schwarzhaupt Schwörer Seebohm (until 17 September 1967) Serres Siemer Sinn Springorum Stahlberg Stark Stecker Stein Steinmetz Stingl (until 15 June 1968) Stoltenberg Stommel Stooß Storm Struve Süsterhenn Teriete Tobaben Toussaint Varelmann Verbeek (until 13 December 1966) Vittinghoff-Schell Vogel (until 6 October 1966) Vogel (until 17 July 1967) Wahl Weiland (from 14 December 1966) Weimer Wendelborn Wex (from 28 April 1967) Wilhelmi Wilper (until 3 July 1967) Windelen Winkelheide Wolf Wörner Wrangel Wuermeling Wullenhaupt Zink CSU: Aigner Althammer Balke Bauer Besold Brenck Dittrich Dollinger Eckhardt Ehnes Franz Geisendörfer Geisenhofer (from 3 May 1967) Gierenstein Gleissner Guttenberg Höcherl Hösl Hudak Jaeger Kempfler Krug Kuchtner Lemmrich Leukert Lücker Memmel Niederalt Ott Pohle Prinz (until 30 July 1969) Probst (until 1 May 1967) Rainer Röhner Schlager Schlee Schmidhuber Schulze-Vorberg Spies (from 4 August 1969) Stiller Strauss Stücklen Unertl Vogt Wagner Weigl Wieninger Ziegler Zimmermann (until 15 October 1969) CSU (GDP): Becher Prochazka SPD v t e SPD Speaker: Fritz Erler until 22 February 1967; Helmut Schmidt from 14 March 1967 Members: Adams (from 8 December 1966) Albertz Apel Arendt Arndt (from 4 June 1968) Arndt Arndt Auge Bading Bals Baltes (from 15 December 1967) Barche (from 14 April 1967) Bardens Bartsch Bauer Bäuerle Bayerl (from 27 October 1967) Bazille Bechert Behrendt Berger-Heise Bergmann Berkhan Berlin Beuster Biermann Blachstein (until 31 May 1968) Blume Böhm Börner Braun (until 17 July 1966) Brück Brünen Buchstaller Bühling Buschfort Büttner Collet Corterier Cramer Diekmann Dortans (from 30 June 1969) Dröscher Eckerland Eilers Elsner Enders (from 9 May 1967) Eppler Erler (until 22 February 1967) Eschmann Esters (from 15 January 1969) Faller Felder FellerMayer Feuring (from 2 January 1967) Figgen (until 6 December 1966) Flämig Folger Franke Frede (until 23 November 1967) Frehsee Freyh Fritsch Fritz Geiger Gerlach Gertzen Glombig Gscheidle Haage Haar Haase Haehser Hamacher Hansing Hauck Hauffe Hein (until 22 December 1966) Heinemann (until 24 June 1969) Hellenbrock Herberts Herklotz Hermsdorf Herold Hirsch Hofmann Höhmann Höhne Hölzle (from 20 February 1967) Hörauf Hörmann Hubert Hübner (from 6 December 1966 until 14 January 1969) Hufnagel Hussong (until 10 December 1967) Ils Iven Jacobi Jahn Jaksch (until 27 November 1966) Jaschke Josef Junghans Junker Jürgensen Kaffka Kahn-Ackermann Karius (from 18 August 1969) Kern (from 27 February 1967) Killat Kleinert (from 14 December 1967) Koch Koenen Kohlberger Könen Korspeter Krappe Kriedemann Krips (until 31 January 1969) Kübler (until 9 August 1969) Kulawig Kunze Kurlbaum Kurlbaum-Beyer Lange Langebeck Lautenschlager Leber Lemp (from 29 November 1967) Lemper Lenders Liedtke Liehr Löbbert Lohmar Lösche (from 29 July 1966) Lotze Marquardt Marx Matthes Matthöfer Mattick Maybaum Meermann Meinecke Merten (until 12 December 1967) Metzger Michels Möller Mommer Morgenstern (until 14 September 1966) Müller Müller Müller Müller Müller-Emmert Müthling Nann (from 17 February 1969) Neemann Nellen Neumann Neumann Paul Peiter (from 19 September 1967) Peters Pöhler Porzner Raffert Rau Ravens Regling Rehs Reischl Reitz Renger Richter Riegel Rinderspacher Rohde Ross (from 21 September 1966) Rudoll Sänger Saxowski Schäfer (until 14 February 1967) Schanzenbach Schellenberg Schiller Schimschok Schlüter (until 7 April 1967) Schmid Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmitt-Vockenhausen Schoettle Schonhofen Schulte Schulz Schwabe Seibert Seidel Seifriz Seither Seppi Seuffert (until 18 October 1967) Seume Sieglerschmidt (from 4 June 1969) Spillecke Stammberger Stein (until 14 September 1967) Steinhoff Stephan Strobel Strohmayr Tallert Tamblé Tönjes Urban Vit Wehner Welke Wellmann (until 30 May 1969) Welslau Wendt Wessel (until 13 October 1969) Westphal Wiefel Wienand Wilhelm Wischnewski Wolf Wuwer Zerbe (until 2 May 1967) SPD (GDP): Ahrens Kreutzmann FDP v t e FDP Speaker: Knut von Kühlmann-Stumm until 23 January 1968; Wolfgang Mischnick from 23 January 1968 Members: Achenbach Borm Bucher Busse Dahlgrün Dehler (until 21 July 1967) Diemer-Nicolaus Dorn Effertz (until 4 July 1968) Eisenmann (until 1 June 1967) Emde Ertl Friderichs Funcke Geldner Gemmingen-Hornberg (from 11 October 1967) Genscher Graaff Haas Hamm (until 12 May 1966) Hellige Heuser (from 11 July 1968) Imle (from 2 June 1967) Jung (from 17 May 1966) Kubitza Kühlmann-Stumm Lenz (until 5 October 1967) Logemann Mauk Mende Menne Mertes Miessner Mischnick Moersch Mühlhan Ollesch Opitz Peters Porsch (from 27 July 1967) Ramms Reichmann Rutschke Saam Sander Scheel Schmidt Schultz Spitzmüller Staratzke Starke Wächter Walter Wurbs Zoglmann List of members of the 5th Bundestag v t e Members of the 6th Bundestag (1969–1972) President: Kai-Uwe von Hassel (CDU) CDU/CSU v t e CDU and CSU Speaker: Rainer Barzel CDU: Abelein Adorno (until 21 August 1972) Alber 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Klee Klepsch Kliesing Klinker Köppler (until 8 August 1970) Köster Kotowski Krammig Krampe Kraske Kunz (from 13 December 1971) Lampersbach Leicht Lemmer (until 18 August 1970) Lensing Lenz Lenze Lenzer Link Löher (from 23 April 1972) Löhr Looft (from 15 October 1971) Lücke Luda Majonica Martin Marx Maucher Meister Mende Mick Mikat Miltner Müller Müller Müller Müller Müller Müller-Hermann Mursch Nordenskjöld Orgaß Petersen Pfeifer Picard Pieroth Pieser Pinger Pohlmann (from 4 November 1969) Prassler Preiß Rasner (until 15 October 1971) Rawe Reddemann Reinhard Richarts Riedel Rinsche Ritgen Ritz Rock Rollmann Rommerskirchen Rönn (from 17 April 1972) Rösing Ruf Russe Sauter (from 29 August 1972) Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein Schmid-Burgk Schmidt Schmitt Schmitz (from 20 August 1970 until 25 August 1971) Schmücker Schneider Schober Schröder (until 12 September 1972) Schröder Schröder Schroeder Schulhoff Schulte Schulz Schwörer Seiters Seume Siemer Solke Springorum Sprung Stahlberg Stark Starke Stehle (from 7 September 1972) Stein Steiner Stoltenberg (until 3 June 1971) Stommel Storm Struve Susset Thadden Tobaben Tübler Unland Varelmann Vehar Vogel Vogt Volmer Wagner Walz Wawrzik Weber Weizsäcker Wendelborn (from 11 June 1971) Werner Windelen Winkelheide Wissebach Wohlrabe Wolf Wörner Wrangel Wulff Zink Zoglmann CSU: Aigner Althammer Becher Biehle Cantzler (from 7 June 1972) Dasch (until 15 September 1972) Dittrich Dollinger Ehnes (until 19 September 1972) Engelsberger Franz Fuchs Geisendörfer Geisenhofer Gerlach Gierenstein Gleissner Guttenberg (until 6 June 1972) Höcherl Hösl Jaeger Jobst Kempfler Kiechle Kley Kreile Kuchtner Lemmrich Lücker Memmel Menth (from 19 September 1972) Niegel Ott Pohle (until 27 August 1971) Probst Prochazka (from 18 September 1972) Rainer Riedl Röhner Roser Schedl (from 7 January 1971) Schlee Schneider Schulze-Vorberg Spilker Strauss Stücklen Unertl (until 31 December 1970) Wagner Warnke Weigl Wittmann (from 6 September 1971) Ziegler Zimmermann SPD v t e SPD Speaker: Herbert Wehner Members: Adams Ahrens Anbuhl (from 3 November 1970) Apel Arendt Arndt Arndt Baack Baeuchle Bals Barche Bardens Bartsch Batz Bauer Bäuerle Bay Bayerl Bechert Becker Beermann Behrendt Bergmann Berkhan Berlin Biermann Böhm Börner Bothmer Brand (until 3 November 1970) Brandt Brandt Bredl Brück Brünen Büchler (from 9 December 1971) Büchner (from 12 October 1971) Buchstaller Bühling Bülow Buschfort Bußmann Collet Corterier Cramer Dohmann (until 20 February 1970) Dohnanyi Dröscher (until 12 October 1971) Dübber (from 16 July 1971) Dürr Eckerland Ehmke Eilers Elsner (until 14 May 1970) Enders Engholm Eppler Esters Faller Farthmann (from 26 June 1971) FellerMayer Fiebig Fischer Flämig Focke Folger Franke Frehsee Freyh Fritsch Geiger Gerlach Gertzen Geßner Glombig Gnädinger Grobecker (from 8 January 1970) Gscheidle (until 7 November 1969) Haack Haage (until 21 December 1970) Haar Haase Haehser Halfmeier Hansen Hansing Hauck Hauff Hein (until 19 January 1971) Henke Herklotz Hermsdorf Herold Heyen Hirsch (until 8 December 1971) Hofmann Höhmann Hörmann Horn Huber Jacobi (until 5 March 1970) Jahn Jaschke Junghans Junker Kaffka Kahn-Ackermann (from 28 December 1970) Kater Kern Killat Koch Koenig Kohlberger Konrad Krappe Kreutzmann Kriedemann Krockert Kulawig Lange Langebeck Lauritzen Lautenschlager Lauterbach Leber Lemp Lemper Lenders Liedtke Liehr (until 16 July 1971) Löbbert Löffler Lohmar Lotze (until 17 October 1971) Marquardt Marx Matthes Matthöfer Mattick Maybaum Meermann Meinecke Meinike Metzger Michels Möhring Möller Müller Müller Müller-Emmert Müthling Neemann Neumann Nölling Oetting (from 19 October 1971) Offergeld Orth Ostman Pawelczyk Peiter Pensky Peters Pöhler Porzner Raffert Ravens Reischl Renger Richter Rinderspacher Rohde Rosenthal Ross Säckl (from 10 November 1969) Sander Saxowski Schachtschabel Schäfer Schanzenbach Schellenberg Scheu Schiller Schiller Schimschok Schirmer Schlaga Schlei Schmid Schmidt (until 3 November 1969) Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmitt-Vockenhausen Schmude Schoettle Schollmeyer Schonhofen Schulte Schwabe Seefeld Seibert Seidel Seifriz (until 6 January 1970) Seppi Sieglerschmidt Simon Slotta Sperling Spillecke Staak (from 21 May 1970) Strobel Strohmayr Suck Tallert Tamblé Timm Tönjes Urbaniak (from 9 March 1970) Vit Walkhoff Weber Wehner Welslau (from 26 February 1970) Wende Wendt Westphal Wichert Wiefel Wienand Wilhelm Wischnewski With Wittmann Wolf Wolfram Wrede Würtz Wüster Wuttke Wuwer Zander (from 3 November 1969) Zebisch FDP v t e FDP Speaker: Wolfgang Mischnick Members: Achenbach Borm Dahrendorf (until 25 August 1970) Diemer-Nicolaus Dorn Ertl Funcke Gallus (from 10 September 1970) Geldner (from 26 January 1970) Genscher Graaff Grüner Haas (until 20 January 1970) Jung Kienbaum (until 2 May 1972) Kirst Kleinert Krall (from 16 March 1970) Kühlmann-Stumm (until 30 May 1972) Logemann Menne (from 31 May 1972) Mertes Mischnick Moersch Ollesch Opitz (from 2 May 1972) Peters Rutschke (until 7 January 1971) Scheel Schmidt Schultz (until 11 March 1970) Spitzmüller (from 12 January 1971) Wurbs List of members of the 6th Bundestag v t e Members of the 7th Bundestag (1972–1976) President: Annemarie Renger (SPD) SPD v t e SPD Speaker: Herbert Wehner Members: Adams Ahlers Ahrens Amling Anbuhl Apel Arendt Arndt (until 29 January 1974) Arndt (from 20 May 1974) Augstein Baack Bahr Barche Bardens Batz Bäuerle Bayerl Becker Beermann (until 24 November 1975) Behrendt Berkhan (until 19 March 1975) Biermann Blank Böhme Börner (until 22 October 1976) Bothmer Brandt Brandt Bredl Brück Büchler Büchner Buchstaller Bühling Bülow Buschfort Bußmann Collet Conradi Coppik Corterier Däubler-Gmelin Dohnanyi Dübber Dürr Eckerland Egert Ehmke Ehrenberg Eilers Elchlepp (from 4 June 1976) Emmerlich Enders Engholm Eppler (until 3 June 1976) Esters Ewen Farthmann (until 5 June 1975) FellerMayer Fiebig Fischer Flämig Focke Franke Frehsee Friedrich Gansel Geiger Gerlach Gerstl Gertzen Geßner Glombig Glotz Gnädinger Grimming (from 18 June 1975) Grobecker Grunenberg Grützmann (from 2 February 1974) Haack Haar Haase Haase Haehser Haenschke Halfmeier Hansen Hauck Hauff Henke Herbers (from 12 May 1976) Hermsdorf (until 30 May 1974) Herold Heyen (until 5 June 1975) Hofmann Höhmann Holtz Horn Huber Huonker Immer Jahn Jaschke Jaunich Jens Junghans Junker Kaffka Kahn-Ackermann (until 18 September 1974) Kater Kern Koblitz Konrad Kratz Kreutzmann Krockert Kulawig Lambinus Lange Lattmann Lauritzen Lautenschlager Leber Lemp Lenders Lepsius Liedtke Löbbert Löffler Lohmar Lutz Mahne Männing (from 19 June 1975) Marquardt Marschall Martiny-Glotz Matthöfer Mattick Meermann Meinecke Meinike Metzger Möhring Möller Müller Müller Müller Müller Müller-Emmert Müntefering (from 10 June 1975) Nagel Neumann Nölling (until 20 May 1974) Oetting Offergeld Orth (until 10 May 1976) Ostman Pawelczyk Peiter Penner Pensky Peter (from 10 June 1974) Polkehn Porzner Rapp Rappe Ravens Rehlen (from 14 November 1974) Reiser Renger Reuschenbach Richter Rohde Röhlig (from 19 March 1975) Rosenthal Sander Saxowski Schachtschabel Schäfer Schäfer Scheffler Schellenberg Scheu Schimschok Schinzel Schirmer Schlaga Schlei Schluckebier Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmitt-Vockenhausen Schmude Schöfberger Schonhofen Schreiber Schulte Schwabe Schwedler Schweitzer Schwencke Schwenk (from 3 June 1974) Seefeld Seibert Sieglerschmidt Simon Simpfendörfer Slotta (until 9 June 1974) Sperling Spillecke Staak (until 13 November 1974) Stahl Steinhauer (from 9 December 1974) Suck Sund Tietjen (from 12 September 1974) Timm Tönjes Urbaniak Vahlberg Vit Vogel Vogelsang Voigt (from 28 October 1976) Walkhoff Waltemathe Walther Weber Wehner Wende Wendt Wernitz Westphal Wichert (until 10 September 1974) Wiefel Wienand (until 3 December 1974) Wilhelm Wimmer (from 18 September 1974) Wischnewski With Wittmann Wolf Wolfram Wrede Wurche (until 3 June 1975) Würtz Wüster Wuttke Wuwer Zander Zebisch Zeitler CDU/CSU v t e CDU and CSU Speaker: Rainer Barzel until 9 May 1973; Karl Carstens from 17 May 1973 CDU: Abelein Alber Alten-Nordheim Amrehn Arnold Artzinger Baier Barzel Becker Benedix Benz Berger Berger Bewerunge Biechele Birrenbach Bismarck Blüm Blumenfeld Bockelberg Böhm Braun Breidbach Bremer Bremm Burgbacher Burger Carstens Carstens Czaja Damm Delden Dregger Dreyer Eigen Eilers Entrup Erhard Erhard Ernesti Evers Ey Eyrich Ferrang (until 31 May 1974) Fircks Franke Freiwald (until 26 October 1974) Frerichs (until 15 January 1975) Früh Geier (from 5 March 1976) Gerster Gewandt Gölter Götz Gradl Graß (from 13 April 1976) Gruhl Haase Häckel (from 28 September 1976) Häfele Hammans Härzschel (until 23 September 1976) Hassel Hauser Hauser Hauser Heck Hornhues Horstmeier Hupka Hürland Hussing (from 16 November 1973) Jäger Jahn Jahn Jenninger Josten Katzer Kiep (until 24 February 1976) Kiesinger Klein Klein Klepsch Kliesing Köhler Köhler Köster Krampe Kraske Kroll-Schlüter Kühlmann-Stumm Kunz Lagershausen Lampersbach Leicht Lenz Lenzer Link Löher Luda Martin (until 12 November 1973) Marx Maucher Mende Mertes Mick Mikat Miltner Milz Möller Müller Müller Müller-Hermann Mursch Narjes Neumeister Nordlohne Oldenstädt Orgaß Pack (from 1 June 1974) Pfeffermann Pfeifer Picard Pieroth Pieser Pohlmann Prassler (until 3 November 1975) Rawe Reddemann Riede Ritgen Ritz Rollmann Rommerskirchen Russe Sauer Sauter Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein Schäuble Schetter (from 3 November 1975) Schmidt (from 17 January 1975) Schmitt Schmitz Schmöle Schröder Schröder Schröder Schroeder Schulte Schulz Schwörer Seiters Sick Solke Spies Springorum Sprung Stahlberg (from 1 November 1974) Stark Stavenhagen Stommel Straßmeir Susset Terra Thürk Tillmann Todenhöfer Tübler Unland Vehar Verhülsdonk Vogel Vogt Volmer Waffenschmidt Wagner (until 8 April 1976) Wallmann Walz Wawrzik Weber Weizsäcker Werner Wex Will-Feld Windelen Wissebach Wohlrabe Wolf Wörner Wrangel Wulff Zeitel Zeyer Zink CSU: Aigner Althammer Becher Biehle Dollinger Engelsberger Franz Fuchs Geisenhofer Gerlach Gierenstein Handlos Höcherl Hösl Jaeger Jobst Kempfler Kiechle Kreile Kunz Lemmrich Lücker Memmel Müller Niegel Probst Rainer Riedl Röhner Roser Schedl Schenk Schleicher Schmidhuber Schneider Schulze-Vorberg Spilker Spranger Starke Strauss Stücklen Wagner Waigel Warnke Wittmann Ziegler Zimmermann Zoglmann FDP v t e FDP Speaker: Wolfgang Mischnick Members: Achenbach Augstein (until 24 January 1973) Bangemann Baum Böger (from 25 January 1973) Christ Engelhard Ertl Flach (until 25 August 1973) Funcke Gallus Geldner Genscher Graaff (until 9 December 1975) Groß (until 5 July 1974) Grüner Hirsch (until 5 June 1975) Hoffie Hölscher Hoppe Jung Kirst Kleinert Krall Kreibaum (from 15 December 1975) Laermann (from 28 June 1974) Lambsdorff Logemann Lüdemann (from 4 September 1973) Mayhofer Mertes Mischnick Moersch Möllemann Ollesch Opitz Peters (from 13 June 1975) Ronneburger (until 12 June 1975) Scheel (until 27 June 1974) Schleifenbaum (from 5 June 1975) Schmidt Schoeler Schuchardt Spitzmüller Vohrer Wendig Wolfgramm (from 5 July 1974) Wurbs Zywietz OTHER v t e Independent Members: Emeis (from 8 December 1975) Stienen List of members of the 7th Bundestag v t e Members of the 8th Bundestag (1976–1980) President: Karl Carstens (CDU) until 31 May 1979; Richard Stücklen (CSU) from 31 May 1979 CDU/CSU v t e CDU and CSU Speaker: Helmut Kohl CDU: Abelein Aerssen Alber Amrehn Arnold Bahner (from 12 September 1979) Barzel Bayha Becker Benedix Benz Berger (from 25 October 1977) Berger Berger Besch (from 3 July 1979) Biechele Biedenkopf Bismarck (until 6 September 1979) Blügel (from 20 July 1979) Blüm Blumenfeld Böhm Braun Breidbach Broll Bühler Burger Carstens (until 29 June 1979) Carstens Conrad Czaja Damm Daweke Dregger Dreyer Erhard (until 5 May 1977) Erhard Ernesti Erpenbeck (from 10 September 1979) Evers Ey Eymer Eyrich (until 16 October 1978) Feinendegen Fischer Francke Franke Friedmann Früh Geier Geldern George Gerstein Gerster (from 13 July 1977) Gölter (until 8 July 1977) Gradl Haase Häfele Hammans Hanz Hasinger Hassel Hauser Hauser Helmrich Hennig Heydt Hoffacker Hoffmann Hornhues Horstmeier Hubrig Hupka Hürland Hüsch Jäger Jahn Jahn Jenninger Jentsch Josten Karwatzki Katzer Kiesinger Kittelmann Klein Klepsch Klinker Kohl Köhler Köhler Kolb (from 10 June 1977) Köster Krampe Kraske Krey Kroll-Schlüter Künstler (from 11 September 1980) Kunz Lagershausen Lampersbach Landré Langguth Langner Laufs Leicht (until 24 October 1977) Lenz Lenzer Link Löher Lorenz (until 23 February 1977) Luda Luster Marx Mende Mertes Metz Meyer Mikat Miltner Milz Möller Müller Müller Müller Müller-Hermann Narjes Neuhaus Neumeister Nordlohne (until 4 September 1979) Nothhelfer (until 6 June 1977) Oldenstädt (from 11 September 1979) Pack Petersen Pfeffermann Pfeifer Pfennig (from 24 February 1977) Picard Pieroth Pieser Pinger Pohlmann Prangenberg Rawe Reddemann Reimers Riede (from 9 May 1977) Riesenhuber Ritz Rühe Russe Sauer Sauter Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein Schartz Schäuble Schetter (from 17 October 1978) Schmidt Schmitz Schmöle Schröder Schröder Schröder Schulte Schwarz Schwarz-Schilling Schwörer Seiters Sick Spies Sprung Stahlberg Stark Stavenhagen Stercken Stommel Straßmeir Stutzer Susset Terra Tillmann Todenhöfer Tübler Unland Verhülsdonk Vogel Vogt Volmer Waffenschmidt Wallmann (until 14 June 1977) Walz Wartenberg Wawrzik Weber Weiskirch Weizsäcker Werner Wex Will-Feld Wilms Wimmer Windelen Wisniewski Wissebach (from 15 June 1977) Wissmann Wohlrabe (until 11 September 1979) Wörner Wrangel Wulff Würzbach Zeitel (until 3 September 1980) Zeyer (until 10 July 1979) Zink CSU: Aigner Althammer Becher Biehle Bötsch Dollinger Engelsberger Fuchs Geisenhofer Gerlach Gierenstein Glos Haberl Handlos Hartmann Höffkes Höpfinger Hösl (until 20 March 1977) Huyn Jaeger Jobst Kiechle Klein Kraus Kreile Krone-Appuhn Kunz Lemmrich Lintner Lücker Männle (from 4 October 1979) Müller Niegel Probst Rainer Regenspurger Reichold (from 4 December 1978 until 2 October 1979) Riedl Röhner Rose (from 24 March 1977) Schedl Schenk Schleicher Schmidhuber (until 6 December 1978) Schneider Spilker Spranger Starke Strauss (until 29 November 1978) Stücklen Voigt (from 8 December 1978) Voss Waigel Warnke Wittmann Ziegler Zimmermann SPD v t e SPD Speaker: Herbert Wehner Members: Adams Ahlers (until 7 March 1980) Ahrens Amling Apel Arendt Augstein Baack Bahr Balser (from 14 August 1979) Bardens Batz Bayerl Becker Biermann Bindig Blank (until 23 May 1978) Böhme Bothmer Brandt Brandt Brück Büchler Büchner Buchstaller Bühling Bülow Buschfort Bußmann Collet Conradi Coppik Corterier Curdt Czempiel (from 22 January 1979) Daubertshäuser Däubler-Gmelin Diederich Dohnanyi Dübber Dürr Egert Ehmke Ehrenberg Eickmeyer (from 23 May 1977) Eilers Emmerlich Enders Engholm Erler Esters Ewen FellerMayer Fiebig Fischer Flämig Focke Franke Friedrich Gansel Gerstl Gertzen Geßner Glombig Glotz (until 16 May 1977) Gobrecht Grobecker Grunenberg Gscheidle Haack Haar Haase Haehser Hansen Hartenstein Hauck Hauff Henke Heyenn Hoffmann Hofmann Höhmann (until 19 January 1979) Holtz Horn Huber Huonker Ibrügger Immer Jahn Jaunich Jens Junghans Jungmann Junker Kaffka Kirschner Klein Koblitz (until 13 October 1979) Konrad Kratz Kretkowski Kreutzmann Krockert Kühbacher Kuhlwein Lambinus (from 20 May 1977) Lange Lattmann Lauritzen (until 5 June 1980) Leber Lemp Lenders Lepsius Leuschner (from 9 June 1980) Liedtke Linde Löffler Lutz Mahne Männing Marquardt Marschall Martiny-Glotz Matthöfer Mattick Meinecke Meinike Meininghaus Menzel Möhring Müller Müller Müller Müller Müller-Emmert Müntefering Nagel Nehm (from 13 September 1978) Neumann (from 20 June 1978) Neumann Nöbel Offergeld Oostergetelo Paterna Pawelczyk Peiter Penner Pensky Peter Polkehn Porzner Rapp Rappe Ravens (until 15 June 1978) Renger Reuschenbach Rohde Rosenthal Roth Sander (from 26 May 1978) Saxowski Schachtschabel Schäfer Schäfer Scheffler Scheu (until 20 December 1978) Schinzel (from 5 May 1980) Schirmer Schlaga Schlei Schluckebier Schmidt (from 9 January 1978) Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmitt-Vockenhausen (until 2 August 1979) Schmude Schöfberger Schreiber Schulte Schulze Schwabe (until 4 January 1978) Schweitzer (from 11 March 1980) Schwencke Schwenk Seefeld Sieglerschmidt Sieler Simonis Simpfendörfer Sperling Spillecke (until 5 May 1977) Spöri Stahl Staudt (until 11 September 1978) Steger Steinhauer Stöckl Stockleben Sund (until 17 May 1977) Sybertz Thüsing (from 9 May 1977) Timm Tönjes (until 25 April 1980) Topmann Traupe Ueberhorst Urbaniak Vogel Vogelsang Voigt Vosen (from 18 October 1979) Walkhoff (from 31 December 1978) Waltemathe Walther Weber Wehner Weisskirchen Wendt Wernitz Westphal Wiefel Wilhelm Wimmer Wischnewski With Wittmann Wolfram Wrede Würtz Wüster Wuttke Wuwer Zander Zebisch Zeitler FDP v t e FDP Speaker: Wolfgang Mischnick Members: Angermeyer Bangemann Baum Cronenberg Eimer Engelhard Ertl Friderichs (until 8 November 1977) Funcke (until 23 November 1979) Gallus Gärtner Gattermann Genscher Grüner Hamm-Brücher Haussmann Hoffie Hölscher Hoppe Jung Kleinert Laermann Lambsdorff Ludewig Matthäus-Mayer Mayhofer Merker (from 20 April 1978) Mischnick Möllemann Ollesch (until 16 April 1978) Paintner Peters (until 8 April 1979) Schäfer (from 9 November 1977) Schleifenbaum (from 26 November 1979) Schmidt Schoeler Schuchardt Spitzmüller Vohrer Wendig Wolfgramm Wurbs Zumpfort (from 30 April 1979) Zywietz OTHER v t e Independent Members: Gruhl List of members of the 8th Bundestag

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• Members of the Bundestag 1965–1969
• Members of the Bundestag 1961–1965
• Social affairs ministers of Germany
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• Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany