Which politican did Kiesinger form a grand coalition with?
Helmut Kohl
Konrad Adenauer
Ludwig Erhard
Willy Brandt
Answer
Willy Brandt was the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, which had won the 1969 federal election. However, the party did not have enough seats to form a government on its own, so it formed a grand coalition with the Christian Democratic Union, which was led by Kurt Georg Kiesinger. The grand coalition lasted for four years, until Brandt resigned in 1974.
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