German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) smiles to Susanne Schmidt, daughter of Helmut Schmidt, as German President Joachim Gauck (L) and Bundestag President Norbert Lammert look on at the state funeral of former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt at Sankt Michaelis church on November 23, 2015 in Hamburg, Germany. Schmidt, a German Social Democrat (SPD), led West Germany as chancellor from 1974 until 1982. He died on November 10 in Hamburg at the age of 96.