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Hans-Dietrich Genscher
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Hans-Dietrich Genscher

1927 – 2016 · aged 89

German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party (1927-2016)

Born
21 Mar 1927 · Reideburg
Died
31 Mar 2016 · Pech
Part ofEast Germany1876 – 1990Protestantism1494 – today

Life timeline

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

Showing 102 years
  1. 21 Mar 1927BornBorn in Reideburg
  2. 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
  3. 1945WarBattle of Berlin
  4. 1965 – 1969RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  5. 1965 – 1969RoleChief Whip
  6. 1969 – 1972RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  7. 1969 – 1974RoleFederal Minister of the Interior
  8. 1972 – 1976RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  9. 1973AwardCommander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  10. 1974 – 1982RoleVice-Chancellor of Germany
  11. 1974 – 1982RoleFederal Minister for Foreign Affairs
  12. 1975AwardGreat Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  13. 1976 – 1980RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  14. 1977AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
  15. 1979AwardGrand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  16. 1979AwardOrden wider den tierischen Ernst
  17. 1980 – 1983RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  18. 1982 – 1992RoleFederal Minister for Foreign Affairs
  19. 1982 – 1992RoleVice-Chancellor of Germany
  20. 1982AwardOrder of Karl Valentin
  21. 1983 – 1987RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  22. 1985AwardHonorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca
  23. 1987 – 1990RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  24. 1990 – 1994RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  25. 1990AwardPrincess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
  26. 1990AwardTheodor Heuss Award
  27. 1992AwardGolden Schlitzohr
  28. 1993AwardHonorary doctor of the Leipzig University
  29. 1993AwardReinhold Maier Medal
  30. 1994 – 1998RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  31. 31 Mar 2016DiedDied in Pech

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1927 – 2016).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  9. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  10. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  11. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  12. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  13. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  14. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  15. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  17. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  18. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  20. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  21. 1956Suez Crisis
  22. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  24. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  26. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  28. 1968Prague Spring
  29. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  30. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  31. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  32. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  34. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  35. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  36. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  37. 1985Schengen Agreement
  38. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  39. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  40. 19901990 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Hans-Dietrich Genscher (German: [ˈɡɛnʃɐ]; 21 March 1927 – 31 March 2016) was a German statesman and a member of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), who served as Federal Minister of the Interior from 1969 to 1974, and as Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and Vice Chancellor of Germany from 1974 to 1992 (except for a two-week break in 1982, after the FDP had left the Third Schmidt cabinet), making him the longest-serving occupant of either post and the only person to have held one of these positions under two different Chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1991 he was chairman of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

A proponent of Realpolitik, Genscher has been called "a master of diplomacy". He is widely regarded as having been a principal "architect of German reunification". In 1991, he played a pivotal role in international diplomacy surrounding the breakup of Yugoslavia by successfully pushing for international recognition of Croatia, Slovenia and other republics declaring independence, in an effort to halt "a trend towards a Greater Serbia". After leaving office, he worked as a lawyer and international consultant. He was President of the German Council on Foreign Relations and was involved with several international organisations, and with former Czech President Václav Havel, he called for a Cold War museum to be built in Berlin.

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