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Helmut Schmidt Adidas Mujer Superstar Slip On W Rosa España , the chancellor who guided West Germany through economic turbulence and Cold War tensions, stood firm against a wave of homegrown terrorism and became a respected elder statesman, died Tuesday. He was 96.

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Schmidt died at his house in Hamburg, according to German weekly Die Zeit, of which Schmidt was a co-publisher.


"We have lost a sharp-witted adviser, a trusted companion and a good friend," Die Zeit said in a statement. "Until recently he contributed to the editorial team with his analyses Adidas Superstar Negras B35436 España , his commentaries and his interviews about current affairs."


Schmidt's friend and doctor Heiner Greten told Bild newspaper the former chancellor died with partner Ruth Loah and daughter Susanne at home with him.


"He died the way he wanted: in his bed at home and fully without pain," Greten said.


Schmidt, a center-left Social Democrat, led West Germany from 1974 to 1982. He was elected chancellor by lawmakers in May 1974 after the resignation of fellow Social Democrat Willy Brandt, triggered when a top aide to Brandt was unmasked as an East German agent.


Sigmar Gabriel, chairman of the Social Democrats and Germany's vice chancellor, recalled Schmidt delivering his last big speech at an SPD party convention in 2011.


Gabriel said he reminded party members that Germany has "a responsibility to hold Europe together."


"I think that in these days and weeks Adidas Superstar 2 Negras G14748 España , where some are disappointed by the developments in Europe, these words will stay in our memory," he told reporters outside the SPD's Parliamentary offices.


"He was someone who, I believe, will remain for generations of Germans one of the most significant statesmen of our country."


In Washington, the White House issued a statement saying Schmidt "was widely admired for his principled approach to advancing detente while also standing firmly against aggression and violations of fundamental freedoms and human rights." Secretary of State John Kerry said Schmidt led the Federal Republic "through some of its most pivotal years," helping "to transform Germany into a confident political and economic power at the heart of Europe."


As a new leader Adidas Superstar Foundation Negras B27140 España , Schmidt brought a sometimes abrasive self-confidence and his experience as West Germany's defense, finance and economy ministers to the job, which he took during the economic downturn that followed the 1973 oil crisis.


Schmidt's chancellorship coincided with a tense period in the Cold War, including the Soviet Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan.


He went along the following year with the U.S.-led boycott of the Moscow Olympics, although he later said that it "brought nothing." Schmidt later said he had disputes with the United States under President Jimmy Carter over financial and defense issues at the time and concluded "that we Germans could not afford an extra conflict with America," West Germany's protector against the Soviets.


Amid efforts to ward off a global recession, Schmidt was among the movers behind the first economic summit of leading industrial powers at Rambouillet Adidas Superstar Foundation Negras Blancas B23642 España , France, in 1975, which later turned into the annual Group of Seven meeting.


He and then-French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing also played leading roles organizing the European Monetary System, aimed at protecting European currencies from wild fluctuations, which ultimately paved the way for the common European currency, the euro.


"If the euro exists, we owe that to Helmut Schmidt Mujer Adidas Superstar Lotus Print Dust Rosa Print Blancas B35832 España ," French President Francois Hollande said, adding that "it's a great European whose life has just ended.


"He always said the market economy must be allowed to live but also that it needed a social dimension."


Born Dec. 23, 1918, the son of a half-Jewish school teacher in the northern city of Hamburg, Schmidt joined the Hitler Youth when his rowing team was included in the Nazi youth organization, but was suspended at age 17 — "probably because my griping got on their nerves."


Drafted as a soldier during World War II, Schmidt's unit was deployed in the Soviet Union in 1941. He was sent to the western front at the end of the war and taken as prisoner by British forces in April 1945. He was released that August.


Schmidt later said that Mujer Adidas Superstar 2 Print Negras España , as a young soldier, he had recognized the Nazi regime's lunacy but not its criminal nature at first.


Schmidt entered West Germany's parliament in 1953, where he earned the nickname "Schmidt the Lip," a tribute to his sharp-tongued debating skills. He made his name back in his native Hamburg with his decisive 1962 management of severe flooding.


As chancellor, Schmidt's confidence served him well in facing down the homegrown terrorism of the Red Army Faction, which grew out of the leftist student movement in the 1960s. In a 1977 campaign of violence that became known as the "German Autumn," the group murdered Adidas Superstar 2 Blancas 160337 España , among others, West Germany's chief federal prosecutor and the chief executive of Dresdner Bank.


Schmidt stood firm, refusing to release jailed Red Army Faction leaders even after the group kidnapped Hanns-Martin Schleyer, the head of the country's industry federation.


"The state must react with all the necessary toughness," he declared.


While Schleyer was being held in 1977, hijackers commandeered a Lufthansa plane to the Somali capital, Mogadishu Mujer Adidas Superstar 2 Azules Blancas G17256 España , to force the release of the Red Army Faction leaders. Schmidt ordered West German anti-terrorist commandos to storm the jet, successfully rescuing 86 hostages. Shortly afterward, three of the terrorist group's leaders killed themselves in prison and Schleyer was found murdered.


Schmidt later said "I was prepared to resign" if the Mogadishu operation had gone wrong. Although convinced he had taken the right action, he also conceded he felt guilty about Schleyer's slaying.


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