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Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Acting

Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1956-01-05,Detmold, Germany
Gender
Male
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank-Walter Steinmeier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

In the Grip of Gazprom

8

In the Grip of Gazprom
2023-02-07

Lebenslänglich Politik: Der ewige Schäuble

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Lebenslänglich Politik: Der ewige Schäuble
2022-09-15

Warum Judenhass? Antisemitismus in Deutschland

0

Warum Judenhass? Antisemitismus in Deutschland
2024-01-15

Stromberg – The Movie

6.897

Stromberg – The Movie
2014-02-20

PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Peace in Motion

10

PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Peace in Motion
2018-02-09

The False Promise of Advancement

0

The False Promise of Advancement
2025-01-22

Terror. Fußball. Paris 2015 · Die Nationalmannschaft im Visier

0

Terror. Fußball. Paris 2015 · Die Nationalmannschaft im Visier
2025-11-06

0

ANNE WILL
2007-09-16

0

Günther Jauch
2011-09-11

Menschen bei Maischberger

7.25

Menschen bei Maischberger
2003-09-02

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

7.667

The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998-01-22

Menschen der Woche

6

Menschen der Woche
2000-09-30

9

maybrit illner
1999-10-21

0

Münchner Runde
2000-01-17

4.333

Beckmann
1999-01-25

5

Hart aber fair
2001-01-31

0

Denkzeit
2007-01-20

0

Berlin direkt
2000-01-09

5.333

Morgenmagazin
1992-07-19

0

Westpol
2010-01-20

5.333

Morgenmagazin
1992-07-19

Bericht aus Berlin

9

Bericht aus Berlin
2003-03-28

4.667

Kulturzeit
1995-10-02

0

Wir sind 30
2020-09-29

7

RTL Tonight
2025-08-31