Probably the only German politician ever reaching #1 in the German
single charts after he had performed the folk song "Hoch auf dem gelben
Wagen" on a TV show (1974).
West German Minister for Economic Cooperation (14 November 1961 to 19 November 1962).
West German Minister of Foreign Affairs (21 October 1969 to 16 May 1974).
President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1 July 1974 to 30 June 1979).
Father of Ulrich and Andrea-Gwendoline (b. 1970), adoptive father of Cornelia Scheel (b. 1963) and Martin.