Klaus Kinkel
Politician
1936 –
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Who is Klaus Kinkel?
Klaus Kinkel is a German civil servant, lawyer, and politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party. He served as Federal Minister of Justice, Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany in the government of Helmut Kohl. He was also chairman of the liberal Free Democratic Party from 1993 to 1995. Previously, he was President of the Federal Intelligence Service.
As Foreign Minister, Kinkel took a clear stance to end the atrocities committed during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, and proposed the creation of the ICTY.
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- Born
- Dec 17, 1936
Metzingen - Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- University of Cologne
- University of Bonn
- Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
- Lived in
- Baden-Württemberg
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on July 23, 2013
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