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Frank-Walter Steinmeier

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Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Frank-Walter Steinmeier (German: [ˈfʁaŋkˌvaltɐ ˈʃtaɪnˌmaɪ.ɐ] ; born 5 January 1956) is a German politician who has served as President of Germany since 2017. He was previously Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2017, as well as Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2007 to 2009. Steinmeier was Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2016. Steinmeier is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), holds a doctorate in law and was formerly a career civil servant. He was a close aide of Gerhard Schröder when Schröder was Minister-President of Lower Saxony during most of the 1990s, and served as Schröder's chief of staff from 1996. When Schröder became Chancellor of Germany in 1998, Steinmeier was appointed Under-Secretary of State in the German Chancellery with responsibility for the intelligence services. From 1999 to 2005 he served as Chief of Staff of the Chancellery. Following the 2005 federal election, Steinmeier became Foreign Minister in the first grand coalition government of Angela Merkel, and from 2007 he additionally held the office of vice chancellor. In 2008, he briefly served as acting chairman of his party. He was the SPD's candidate for Chancellor in the 2009 federal election, but his party lost the election and he left the federal cabinet to become leader of the opposition. Following the 2013 federal election, he again became Minister for Foreign Affairs in Merkel's second grand coalition. In November 2016 the governing CDU/CSU-SPD coalition, which held a large majority in the Federal Convention, nominated him as candidate for President of Germany. He left the cabinet on 27 January 2017. He was elected president by the Federal Convention on 12 February 2017 with 74% of the vote. On 13 February 2022, he was re-elected by the Federal Convention for a second and final term with 78% of the vote. Steinmeier is known as a reform-minded moderate within the SPD. As chief of staff, he was a principal architect of Agenda 2010, the Schröder government's reforms of the welfare state. His lenient policies toward countries such as Russia and China have earned him criticism both in Germany and internationally, and he has been criticized for prioritizing German business interests over human rights.

Infobox

Chancellor
Gerhard Schröder
Preceded by
Margrit Spielmann
Succeeded by
Angelika Krüger-Leißner
Party political offices
Party political offices Leader of the Social Democratic Partyin the BundestagIn office29 September 2009 – 16 December 2013[b]First secretaryThomas OppermannPreceded byPeter StruckSucceeded byThomas OppermannLeader of the Social Democratic Andrea NahlesPeer SteinbrückHimselfPreceded byKurt BeckSucceeded byFranz MünteferingDeputy Leader of the Social Democratic PartyIn office26 October 2007 – 13 November 2009LeaderKurt BeckHimself (acting)Franz MünteferingPreceded byBärbel DieckmannSucceeded byOlaf Scholz
Chief Whip
Thomas Oppermann
Deputy
mw- Andrea NahlesPeer SteinbrückHimself
Leader
Kurt BeckHimself (acting)Franz Müntefering
Political civil servant
Political civil servant Head of the ChancelleryIn office31 July 1999 – 22 November 2005ChancellorGerhard SchröderPreceded byBodo HombachSucceeded byThomas de MaizièreState Secretary at the ChancelleryCommissioner for the Federal Intelligence ServicesIn office27 October 1998 – 22 November 2005ChancellorGerhard SchröderPreceded byBernd Schmidbauer (as Minister of State)Succeeded byThomas de MaizièreHead of theState Chancellery of Lower SaxonyIn office30 October 1996 – 27 October 1998Minister-PresidentGerhard SchröderPreceded byWilli WaikeSucceeded byPeter-Jürgen Steiner
Minister-President
Gerhard Schröder
Parliamentary constituencies
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Bundestag for Brandenburg an der Havel – Potsdam-Mittelmark I – Havelland III – Teltow-Fläming IIn office27 October 2009 – 19 March 2017Preceded byMargrit SpielmannSucceeded byAngelika Krüger-Leißner
Born
(1956-01-05) 5 January 1956 (age 69)Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Political party
Social Democratic
Spouse
mw- Elke Büdenbender (m. 1995)
Children
1
Alma mater
University of Giessen
Branch/service
Bundeswehr
Years of service
1974–1976
Unit
German Air Force
First secretary
Thomas Oppermann
Party
Social Democratic

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Preceded byBodo Hombach
Preceded byBodo Hombach
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Preceded byBodo Hombach
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Chief of the Chancellery 1999–2005
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Succeeded byThomas de Maizière
Preceded byJoschka Fischer
Preceded byJoschka Fischer
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Preceded byJoschka Fischer
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Minister of Foreign Affairs 2005–2009
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Succeeded byGuido Westerwelle
Preceded byFranz Müntefering
Preceded byFranz Müntefering
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Preceded byFranz Müntefering
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Vice-Chancellor of Germany 2007–2009
Preceded byGuido Westerwelle
Preceded byGuido Westerwelle
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Preceded byGuido Westerwelle
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Minister of Foreign Affairs 2013–2017
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Succeeded bySigmar Gabriel
Preceded byJoachim Gauck
Preceded byJoachim Gauck
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Preceded byJoachim Gauck
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President of Germany 2017–present
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Incumbent
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Party political offices
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Preceded byKurt Beck
Preceded byKurt Beck
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Preceded byKurt Beck
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Leader of the Social Democratic PartyActing 2008
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Succeeded byFranz Müntefering
Order of precedence
Order of precedence
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First
First
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First
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Order of precedence of GermanyPresident
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Succeeded byJulia Klöckneras President of the Bundestag
Political offices
Preceded byBodo Hombach
Chief of the Chancellery 1999–2005
Succeeded byThomas de Maizière
Preceded byJoschka Fischer
Minister of Foreign Affairs 2005–2009
Succeeded byGuido Westerwelle
Preceded byFranz Müntefering
Vice-Chancellor of Germany 2007–2009
Preceded byGuido Westerwelle
Minister of Foreign Affairs 2013–2017
Succeeded bySigmar Gabriel
Preceded byJoachim Gauck
President of Germany 2017–present
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded byKurt Beck
Leader of the Social Democratic PartyActing 2008
Succeeded byFranz Müntefering
Order of precedence
First
Order of precedence of GermanyPresident
Succeeded byJulia Klöckneras President of the Bundestag

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