Guido Westerwelle
Politician
1961 –
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Who is Guido Westerwelle?
Guido Westerwelle is a German politician who served as the Foreign Minister in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and was Vice Chancellor of Germany from 2009 to 2011. He is the first openly gay person to hold either of those positions. He had been the chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany since May 2001, but stepped down in 2011. A lawyer by profession, he was member of the Bundestag from 1996 to 2013.
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- Born
- Dec 27, 1961
Bad Honnef - Spouses
- Michael Mronz
(2010/09/17 - )
- Michael Mronz
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- University of Bonn
- FernUniversität Hagen
- Lived in
- Berlin
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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