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Guido Westerwelle
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Guido Westerwelle

1961 – 2016 · aged 55

German politician (FDP), Foreign Minister of Germany (1961-2016)

Born
27 Dec 1961 · Bad Honnef
Died
18 Mar 2016 · Cologne

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 63 years
  1. 27 Dec 1961BornBorn in Bad Honnef
  2. 1994 – 2001RoleSecretary General of the Free Democratic Party
  3. 1996 – 1998RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  4. 1998 – 2002RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  5. 2001AwardOrden wider den tierischen Ernst
  6. 2001AwardTie Man of the Year
  7. 2002 – 2005RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  8. 2005 – 2009RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  9. 2006AwardEuropean handicraft prize
  10. 2006AwardHonorary doctorate
  11. 2009 – 2013RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  12. 2009 – 2013RoleFederal Minister for Foreign Affairs
  13. 2009 – 2011RoleVice-Chancellor of Germany
  14. 2013AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit
  15. 2015AwardOrder of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
  16. 18 Mar 2016DiedDied in Cologne

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1961 – 2016).

  1. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  3. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  5. 1968Prague Spring
  6. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  7. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  8. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  9. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  11. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  12. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  13. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  14. 1985Schengen Agreement
  15. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  16. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  17. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  19. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  21. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  22. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  23. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  24. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  25. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  26. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  27. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  28. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  29. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  30. 20112011 Norway attacks
  31. 2011Libyan civil war
  32. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  33. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  34. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  35. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  36. 2015Paris Agreement

Biography

Guido Westerwelle (German: [ˈɡiːdo ˈvɛstɐˌvɛlə]; 27 December 1961 – 18 March 2016) was a German politician who served as foreign minister in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2009 to 2011, being the first openly gay person to hold any of these positions. He also led the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 2001 until he stepped down in 2011. A lawyer by profession, he was a member of the Bundestag from 1996 to 2013.

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