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Martin Schulz
Martin Schulz · Foto-AG Gymnasium Melle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Martin Schulz

b. 1955

German politician

Born
20 Dec 1955 · Hehlrath

Life timeline

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

Showing 82 years
  1. 20 Dec 1955BornBorn in Hehlrath
  2. 1987 – 1998RoleMayor of a place in Germany
  3. 1994 – 1999RoleMember of the European Parliament
  4. 1999 – 2004RoleMember of the European Parliament
  5. 2001AwardCross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  6. 2004 – 2009RoleMember of the European Parliament
  7. 2004 – 2012RoleParliamentary group leader
  8. 2006AwardOfficer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  9. 2009 – 2014RoleMember of the European Parliament
  10. 2012 – 2014RolePresident of the European Parliament
  11. 2014AwardGrand Officer of the Order of the White Double Cross
  12. 2014RoleParliamentary group leader
  13. 2014 – 2017RoleMember of the European Parliament
  14. 2014 – 2017RolePresident of the European Parliament
  15. 2015AwardCharlemagne Prize
  16. 2015AwardHonorary citizenship
  17. 2016AwardGreat Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  18. 2016AwardHeinrich Albertz Peace Prize
  19. 2017RoleChairman of the Social Democratic Party
  20. 2017 – 2021RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  21. 2020RoleChairperson

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1955 – today).

  1. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  2. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  3. 1956Suez Crisis
  4. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  6. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  8. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  10. 1968Prague Spring
  11. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  12. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  13. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  14. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  16. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  17. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  18. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  19. 1985Schengen Agreement
  20. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  21. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  22. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  24. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  26. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  27. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  28. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  29. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  30. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  31. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  32. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  33. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  34. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  35. 20112011 Norway attacks
  36. 2011Libyan civil war
  37. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  38. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  39. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  40. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war

Biography

Martin Schulz (born 20 December 1955) is a German politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany from 1994 to 2017 and a Member of the Bundestag (MdB) from 2017 to 2021. During his tenure he was Leader of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats from 2004 to 2012, President of the European Parliament from 2012 to 2017 and Leader of the Social Democratic Party from 2017 to 2018.

In November 2016, Schulz announced he would not seek a third term as President of the European Parliament, but instead would stand in 2017 as the SPD candidate for the German chancellorship. In January 2017, Sigmar Gabriel announced he would not stand for re-election as party leader and as the SPD candidate for the German chancellorship, Gabriel recommended Schulz as his replacement.

After the elections of September 2017, which resulted in a postwar low for the SPD, Schulz declared the end of the existing Grand coalition under Angela Merkel and explicitly refused to serve in a Merkel government. On 7 February 2018, coalition talks concluded and Schulz announced he would succeed Sigmar Gabriel as foreign minister and leave his party chairmanship to Andrea Nahles. After heavy public and internal criticism, Schulz decided not to enter the new cabinet. On 13 February 2018 Schulz stepped down as party chair.

Text from the Wikipedia article Martin Schulz, CC BY-SA 4.0

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