German President Walter Scheel presents to the Federal President the dismissal certificates of the ministers retiring from office in the presence of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. From left, former Minister of Defense Georg Leber, former Town Planning Minister Karl Ravens, former Minister of Education Helmut Rohde and former Minister for Economic Cooperation Marie Schlei, as well as the certificates of appointment of the new federal ministers: Town Planning Minister Dieter Haack, Minister for Research and Technology Volker Hauff, Minister of Education Juergen Schmude and Minister for Economic Cooperation Rainer Offergeld. 2nd from left, Helmut Schmidt.
