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Joschka Fischer
Politician
1948 –
Who is Joschka Fischer?
Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens. He served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005. Fischer has been a leading figure in the West German Greens since the 1970s, and according to opinion polls, he was the most popular politician in Germany for most of the government's duration. Following the September 2005 election, in which the Schröder government was defeated, he left office on November 22, 2005. In September 2010 he supported the creation of the Spinelli Group, a europarliamentarian initiative founded with a view to reinvigorate the strive for federalisation of the European Union.
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- Born
- Apr 12, 1948
Gerabronn - Also known as
- Joseph Martin Fischer
- Joseph Fischer
- Spouses
- Edeltraud Fischer
(1967 - 1984) - Inge Fischer
(1984 - 1987) - Claudia Bohn
(1987/12 - 1996) - Nicola Leske
(1999/04/17 - 2003) - Minu Barati-Fischer
(2005/10/29 - )
- Edeltraud Fischer
- Children
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Employment
- Princeton University
- Lived in
- Baden-Württemberg
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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