Frank-Walter Steinmeier: President of Germany since 2017
Frank-Walter Steinmeier (born 5 January 1956) is a German politician.
He was Foreign Secretary, Vice Chancellor of Germany and is currently the twelfth President of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier | |
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.jpg) Steinmeier in 2018 | |
| President of the Federal Republic of Germany | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2017 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel Olaf Scholz |
| Preceded by | Joachim Gauck |
| Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 17 December 2013 – 27 January 2017 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Guido Westerwelle |
| Succeeded by | Sigmar Gabriel |
| In office 22 November 2005 – 27 October 2009 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Joschka Fischer |
| Succeeded by | Guido Westerwelle |
| Vice Chancellor of Germany | |
| In office 21 November 2007 – 27 October 2009 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Franz Müntefering |
| Succeeded by | Guido Westerwelle |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag | |
| In office 27 October 2009 – 16 December 2013 | |
| Chief Whip | Thomas Oppermann |
| Preceded by | Peter Struck |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Oppermann |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party acting | |
| In office 7 September 2008 – 18 October 2008 | |
| Deputy | Andrea Nahles Peer Steinbrück Himself |
| Preceded by | Kurt Beck |
| Succeeded by | Franz Müntefering |
| Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 26 October 2007 – 13 November 2009 | |
| Leader | Kurt Beck Himself (acting) Franz Müntefering |
| Preceded by | Bärbel Dieckmann |
| Succeeded by | Olaf Scholz |
| Chief of the Federal Chancellery | |
| In office 31 July 1999 – 22 November 2005 | |
| Chancellor | Gerhard Schröder |
| Preceded by | Bodo Hombach |
| Succeeded by | Thomas de Maizière |
| Member of the Bundestag for Brandenburg an der Havel | |
| In office 27 September 2009 – 19 March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Margrit Spielmann |
| Succeeded by | Dietlind Tiemann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 January 1956 Detmold, West Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Elke Büdenbender (m. 1995) |
| Children | Merit Steinmeier |
| Alma mater | Giessen University |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Germany |
| Branch/service |  Bundeswehr |
| Years of service | 1974-1976 |
| Unit |  Air Force (Luftwaffe) |
Steinmeier was born in Detmold in 1956. After his abitur (secondary school exam) and his military service, he studied law in Gießen. In 1982, he passed his first exam. His second exam was completed and passed in 1986.[source?] Between 1986 and 1991, he worked as assistant to the Doctor of Public Law and Political Science at the Gießen University. He obtained his Doctorate of Law in 1991.
After 1991, he worked in the State Chancellory of Lower Saxony for the Minister-President, Gerhard Schröder. From 1998, he was Undersecretary of State in Gerhard Schröder's Chancellor Office after Schröder became Chancellor of Germany. In 1999 he became Secretary of State.
In 2005, he became the new Foreign Minister of Germany in the coalition cabinet of Angela Merkel. He became Vice Chancellor of Germany in 2007. In 2008 he was elected to be the chancellor candidate of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) for the election in 2009. The SPD got their worst result ever in a German federal election (23.0%), and Steinmeier became leader of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
From 2013 to 2017 he was again Foreign Minister.
Since 19 March 2017 he has been President of Germany, succeeding Joachim Gauck. He was re-elected in 2022 in a landslide victory.
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