What is Wilhelm Helms?
[[File:KAS-Helms, Wilhelm-Bild-13985-1 (crop).jpg|right|200px]] '''Wilhelm Helms''' (19 December 1923 – 8 December 2019) was a German politician. He was a member of the [[Bundestag]] from 1969 to 1972. Helms was known for his 1972 party switch that threatened to collapse the government of [[Chancellor]] [[Willy Brandt]]. From 1979 through 1984, Helms was a member of the [[European Parliament]]. Helms was born in [[Twistringen]], [[Lower Saxony]]. Helms died on 8 December 2019 in [[Vechta]], Germany at the age of 95.<ref name=Kreiszeitung>{{cite news |url= https://www.kreiszeitung.de/lokales/diepholz/twistringen-ort47316/wechselvolle-politische-ausnahme-karriere-13287524.html |title=Ehemaliger Landrat und Bundestagsabgeordneter Wilhelm Helms|language=German |newspaper=Kreiszeitung |date=2019-12-11}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Helms, Wilhelm}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:MEPs for Germany]] {{bio-stub}}