Background
SCHAFER, Helmut was born on January 9, 1933 in Mainz.
SCHAFER, Helmut was born on January 9, 1933 in Mainz.
Universities of Mainz, Innsbruck and Dayton, USA, studied German and English, national examination, 1958.
Member, Regional Committee, Rheinland-Pfalz, since 1964. Deputy-Federal Chairman, Young Democrats, 1966-1968. Member, Federal Committee, Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party), 1972, with interruptions.
Chairman, Commissions on Media for Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) and European Liberal Parties, 1979-1983. Chairman, Federal Committee on Foreign, European and Development Policy, since 1985. Member. Executive Committee, International Liberals, since 1976.
Representative in Foreign Committee and Foreign Policy Spokesman, Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party), 1979-1987. Chairman, German-Soviet Parliamentary Group, 1981-1987. Representative of Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) Faction at Goethe Institute.
Minister of State, Foreign Office, March since 1987. Teacher, grammar schools in Rheinland-Pfalz, 1958-1967. Speaker in Cultural Ministry, Rheinland-Pfalz, 1967-1977.
Member. Committee, Friedrich Naumann Scholarship and Atlantic Bridge.