Walter Arendt

{{short description|German politician}}

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{{Infobox Politician

|name = Walter Arendt

|image = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F048647-0044, Dortmund, SPD-Parteitag, Walter Arendt.jpg

|imagesize = 250px

|caption = Arendt in 1976

|office = Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
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|term_start = 22 October 1969

|term_end = 14 December 1976

|chancellor = Willy Brandt (1969-74)
Helmut Schmidt (1974-76)

|predecessor = Hans Katzer

|successor = Herbert Ehrenberg

|office2 = Deputy Chairman of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag

|term_start2 = 14 December 1976

|term_end2 = 4 November 1980

|office3 = Member of the Bundestag

|term_start3 = 17 October 1961

|term_end3 = 4 November 1980

|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1925|1|17}}

|birth_place = Heessen

|nationality = German

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2005|3|7|1925|1|17}}

|death_place = Bornheim

| party = SPD {{small|(1946 until his death)}}

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| occupation = Miner

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Walter Arendt (born 17 January 1925 in Heessen; died 7 March 2005 in Bornheim) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

He was Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Germany from 1969 to 1976.

Since 1946 he was member of the SPD and member of the German Bundestag from 1961 to 1980.