Guido Westerwelle

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Person.png Guido Westerwelle  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician, premature death)
Guido Westerwelle 2013-02-28 (cropped).jpg
Born27 December 1961
Bad Honnef, West Germany (Now Germany)
Died18 March 2016 (Age 54)
Cologne, Germany
Cause of death
acute myeloid leukemia
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Hagen
Member ofAtlantik-Brücke, WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1997
PartyFDP
Atlantik-Brücke, Bilderberg 2007, ousted after a media campaign. Died aged 54 of acute myeloid leukemia.

Employment.png Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs

In office
28 October 2009 - 17 December 2013
Preceded byFrank-Walter Steinmeier
Succeeded byFrank-Walter Steinmeier

Employment.png Vice Chancellor of Germany

In office
28 October 2009 - 16 May 2011

Employment.png Germany/Leader of the Opposition Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
1 May 2006 - 28 October 2009

Employment.png Member of the Bundestag Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
8 February 1996 - 22 October 2013
Succeeded byCem Özdemir

Guido Westerwelle was a German politician.

Career

When Westerwelle showed too much independence, he was ousted[By whom?] after a media campaign. In 2010, leaked U.S. diplomatic cables revealed that US diplomats considered Westerwelle an obstacle to deeper transatlantic relations.[citation needed]

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/200731 May 20073 June 2007Turkey
Istanbul
The 55th Bilderberg meeting, held in Turkey
Munich Security Conference/200920092009The 45th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20105 February 20107 February 2010Germany
Munich
Bavaria
An anti-war demonstration outside described it as "Nothing more than a media-effectively staged war propaganda event, which this year had the purpose of justifying the NATO troop increase in Afghanistan and glorifying the continuation of the war as a contribution to peace and stability."
Munich Security Conference/20114 February 20116 February 2011Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 47th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20131 February 20133 February 2013Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 49th Munich Security Conference
WEF/Annual Meeting/200923 January 200927 January 2009World Economic Forum
Switzerland
Chairman Klaus Schwab outlined five objectives driving the Forum’s efforts to shape the global agenda, including letting the banks that caused the 2008 economic crisis keep writing the rules, the climate change agenda, over-national government structures, taking control over businesses with the stakeholder agenda, and a "new charter for the global economic order".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201323 January 201327 January 2013World Economic Forum
Switzerland
2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
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