Frank-Walter Steinmeier

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Person.png Frank-Walter Steinmeier  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Politician)
Gerhard SchröderFrank-Walter Steinmeier.jpg
Born5 January 1956
Detmold, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Giessen
SpouseElke Büdenbender
Member ofThe American Academy in Berlin/Distinguished Visitors
President of Germany 2017-, Heavy MSC habit

Employment.png President of Germany

In office
19 March 2017 - Present
Preceded byJoachim Gauck

Employment.png Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs

In office
17 December 2013 - 27 January 2017
Preceded byGuido Westerwelle

Employment.png Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs

In office
22 November 2005 - 27 October 2009
Succeeded byGuido Westerwelle

Employment.png Vice-Chancellor of Germany

In office
21 November 2007 - 27 October 2009

Frank-Walter Steinmeier is a German politician who holds a doctorate in law and was formerly a career civil servant.

Career

He was a close aide of Gerhard Schröder when Schröder was Prime Minister of Lower Saxony during most of the 1990s, and was 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 the responsibility for the intelligence services. From 1999 to 2005 he was Chief of Staff of the Chancellery.

Steinmeier belongs to the right wing of the SPD, known as reformists and moderates. As chief of staff he was a principal architect of Agenda 2010, the Schröder government's controversial reforms of the welfare state.

He was involved in the negotiations for a peaceful transition of government during the Maidan protests in Ukraine during the 2014 Ukraine coup.

Opinions

On the initiation of sanctions against Russia amidst the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, towards the German population:

“There are tougher days ahead for us in Germany, too," [The sanctions imposed, he said, would inevitably bring them.] "We will have to be prepared to bear them if our solidarity is not just to be lip service, if it is to be taken seriously.”
Frank-Walter Steinmeier (27 March 2022)  [1]
He said that in a video message sent to a solidarity concert by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra at Bellevue Palace, from which the Ukrainian ambassador, Andrij Melnyk, abstained since there were too many Russian musicians in the orchestra.[2]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Munich Security Conference/200920092009Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 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/20123 February 20125 February 2012Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 48th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20131 February 20133 February 2013Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 49th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201431 January 20142 February 2014Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 50th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20156 February 20158 February 2015Germany
Munich
Bavaria
"400 high-ranking decision-makers in international politics, including some 20 heads of state and government as well as more than 60 foreign and defence ministers, met in Munich to discuss current crises and conflicts."
Munich Security Conference/201612 February 201614 February 2016Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 52nd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/202014 February 202016 February 2020Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers."
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