Carlo Schmid

1896 - 1979

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country of citizenship: Germany

native language: German

languages spoken, written or signed: German

educated at: University of Tübingen, Karls-Gymnasium Stuttgart

occupation: judge, politician, university teacher, lawyer, writer, translator, poet

award received: Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Orden wider den tierischen Ernst, Goethe Prize, Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon

position held: member of the German Bundestag, Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, member of the Württemberg-Hohenzollern legislative assembly

Carlo Schmid (3 December 1896 – 11 December 1979) was a German academic and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Schmid is one of the most important authors of both the German Basic Law and the Godesberg Program of the SPD. He was intimately involved in German-French relations and served as "Federal Minister for the Affairs of the Federal Council and States" from 1966 to 1969. Source: Wikipedia (en)