Original: He served as Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development from 1961 to 1966 , Foreign Minister of Germany and Vice Chancellor from 1969 to 1974 , acting Chancellor of Germany from 7 May to 16 May 1974 ( following the resignation of Willy Brandt after the Guillaume Affair ) , and finally as President of Germany from 1974 to 1979 .
Simplified: A few weeks later , Scheel was elected Federal President of West Germany , a post he held from July 1974 until June 1979 .