Brandt pakutanga aionekwa semumwe wevatungamiriri vekurudyi-bapiro reSPD, uye akawana mukurumbira wekutanga saMutungamiriri weGuta reWest Berlin. Akashanda seGurukota rezvekunze uye seMutevedzeri weChancellor muKurt Georg Kiesinger's cabinet, uye akava chancellor muna 1969. Sa chancellor, akachengetedza kubatana kweWest Germany neUnited States uye akaisa pfungwa pakusimbisa kubatana kweEurope kumadokero kweEurope, uku achitanga mutemo mutsva weOstpolitik wakanangana nekuvandudza hukama neEurope. Brandt aive nemakakatanwa mune zvematongerwo enyika kurudyi, nekuda kweRadical Ostpolitik yake, uye kuruboshwe-bapiro, nekuda kwekutsigira kwake marongero eAmerica, kusanganisira kurudyi-kurudyi kweHondo yeVietnam.
Gore ra1969