POLITICAL PARTY

Founded 23 May 1863, the oldest political party in Germany.

Official Website:
http://www.spd.de/

Founding Date:
23-May-1863

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gustav Bauer	Head of State	6-Jan-1870	16-Sep-1944	German Chancellor 1919-20
Willy Brandt	Head of State	18-Dec-1913	8-Oct-1992	German Chancellor, 1969-74
Friedrich Ebert	Head of State	4-Feb-1871	28-Feb-1925	German Chancellor, 1918-19
Hugo Haase	Politician	29-Sep-1863	7-Nov-1919	German parliamentarian, Marxist, pacifist
Gustav Heinemann	Head of State	23-Jul-1899	7-Jul-1976	President of Germany, 1969-74
Hermann Mueller	Head of State	18-May-1876	20-Mar-1931	German Chancellor 1920, 1928-30
Franz Müntefering	Politician	16-Jan-1940		Locusts descend upon Germany
Wilhelm Pieck	Head of State	3-Jan-1876	7-Sep-1960	President of East Germany, 1949-60
Johannes Rau	Head of State	16-Jan-1931	27-Jan-2006	President of Germany, 1999-2004
Philipp Scheidemann	Head of State	26-Jul-1865	29-Nov-1939	German Chancellor, 1919
Helmut Schmidt	Head of State	23-Dec-1918	10-Nov-2015	Chancellor of Germany, 1974-82
Gerhard Schroeder	Head of State	7-Apr-1944		German Chancellor, 1998-2005
Peter Struck	Government	24-Jan-1943	19-Dec-2012	German Defense Minister, 2002-05
Walter Ulbricht	Head of State	30-Jun-1893	1-Aug-1973	East German leader, 1960-73

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