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Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Frank-Walter Steinmeier is a German politician who has served as President of Germany since 2017. He was previously Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2017, as well as Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2007 to 2009. Steinmeier was Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2016.
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2026· 3 entries
Saiga NAK: "gamescom 2026" in Cologne, Germany, will be the largest event in its history, with more than 1,600 companies from 67 countries participating! Federal President Steinmeier is also scheduled to attend.
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heise online: Gamescom 2026: Steinmeier to be the first Federal President at gaming trade fair
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2025· 1 entry
Yahoo: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits London for state visit
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2024· 1 entry
Won: Cyprus (February 2024).
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2023· 4 entries
Won: United Kingdom with Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (2 March 2009) (March 2023).
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Won: Luxembourg (July 2023).
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Won: Romania with Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (2 March 2009) (May 2023).
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Won: Belgium (December 2023).
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2022· 3 entries
Won: Slovenia with Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (2 March 2009) (October 2022).
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Awarded Decoration for Exceptional Merits (2022).
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“wrongly believed that Vladimir Putin would not precipitate a complete economic, political, and moral devastation of his country because of his imperial mania.”
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2021· 4 entries
Won: Denmark (November 2021).
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Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant presented by monarch of Denmark (2021).
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Won: Sweden with Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (2 March 2009) (September 2021).
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Won: Netherlands (July 2021).
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2019· 6 entries
VOA rated the claim “"The Contact Group’s meeting was focused on the agreements that the aides to the leaders of Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine had reached during recent consultations in Berlin, which particularly stipulated that a document on the implementation of the ‘Steinmeier formula’ be signed at today’s m…” Misleading.
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Won: Latvia (February 2019).
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Won: Sovereign Military Order of Malta with Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (2 March 2009) (October 2019).
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Won: Ecuador (February 2019).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Three Stars (2019).
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Won: Iceland (June 2019).
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2018· 4 entries
Awarded The honorary doctor of Lebanese University (2018).
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Awarded Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry (2018).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (2018).
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Won: Finland (September 2018).
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2017· 9 entries
Election won: 2017 Bundestag election.
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Won: Slovakia with Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (2 March 2009) (November 2017).
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Won: France (January 2017).
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Awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (2017).
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Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2017).
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Awarded Order of Merit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2017).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross presented by Andrej Kiska (2017).
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Career landmark: president of Germany (2017).
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Campaign: 2017 Bundestag election.
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2016· 7 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (2016).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Paderborn (2016).
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Awarded Ignatz Bubis Award (2016).
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Joined Fabius' successor Jean-Marc Ayrault for trips to Ukraine, Libya, Mali and Niger
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Argued that the union lacked the cohesion to undertake major new integration steps and should instead focus on migration, high youth unemployment and security
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Returned to both countries to in his capacity as chairman of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to reinvigorate the talks
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Steinmeier described then-U
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2015· 5 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2015).
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Steinmeier hosted a meeting of the delegations from Libya's two rival governments, who were battling for control of the country, and United Nations Special Representative Bernardino León to discuss a UN-sponsored peace a
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Steinmeier served as best man at the wedding of Rüdiger Grube and Cornelia Poletto in Hamburg
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Maintained that excluding Russia over its actions in Ukraine was a necessary step but not a goal in itself; citing the Middle East, he argued that "a look at the world shows that we need Russia as a constructive partn
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Steinmeier rejected claims for war reparations from the Greek Syriza party in response to Germany's position on the Greek government-debt crisis
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2013· 2 entries
Career landmark: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (2013–2017).
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (2013–2017).
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2011· 2 entries
Steinmeier argued that Merkel's decision to appoint her economics adviser, Jens Weidmann, to be the next head of the Bundesbank undermined the political independence and public trust in the German central bank
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First in his capacity as chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in May 2013 and later as foreign minister in May 2015
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Portugal (2009).
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (2009–2013).
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That Germany should by 2013 lay the groundwork for withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, a deployment that around two-thirds of Germans opposed by then
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2008· 4 entries
Initiated Germany's so-called Partnership for Modernization with Russia, which became an official EU policy in 2010
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Briefly served as acting chairman of his party
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Career landmark: chairman of the Social Democratic Party (2008–2008).
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Refused to meet the Dalai Lama during his five-day visit, arguing that such a meeting could undermine international efforts to promote sustained contact between China and Tibet
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2007· 8 entries
Won: Norway (October 2007).
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Won: Bulgaria (September 2007).
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Awarded Grand Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (2007).
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Also succeeded in securing the release of a German citizen who was imprisoned in Iran for illegally entering the country's waters on a fishing expedition
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Steinmeier said he opposes European Commission proposals on unbundling the ownership of energy networks in the European Union, as it was proposed in the Third Energy Package
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The US government was reportedly deeply irritated, although publicly silent, about Steinmeier, who had sounded supportive of Russian accusations that a planned US missile defense complex in Poland would upset the strateg
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Career landmark: Vice-Chancellor of Germany (2007–2009).
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“[t]here is a certain trend toward [media] hysterics and one needs to get a sense of reason back into the debate”
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2006).
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Foreign Affairs published an analysis of the state of US and Russian nuclear forces, concluding that post-Cold War US nuclear forces seemed designed to carry out a preemptive strike against Russia or China and that the p
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2005· 1 entry
Career landmark: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (2005–2009).
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2004· 1 entry
Steinmeier participated in diplomatic negotiations settling on compensation payments with Libya for victims of the 1986 terrorist bombing of the LaBelle disco in Berlin
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2003· 1 entry
Supported Schröder in his controversial decision to forge a coalition with Russia and France against the U
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2002· 3 entries
Schröder and Steinmeier became the driving forces behind weakening the Stability and Growth Pact, a rule-based framework for the coordination of national fiscal policies originally intended as the guarantor of a stable e
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Career landmark: secretary of state (2002–2005).
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And tortured by the United States, Steinmeier allegedly had an offer by the United States Department of Defense and the CIA already in September 2002 regarding a transfer of Murat Kurnaz to Germany, where he was born and
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1999· 3 entries
After the latter entered European Union politics
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Career landmark: secretary of state (1999–2002).
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Career landmark: Chancellery Chief of Staff (1999–2005).
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1998· 1 entry
Steinmeier was appointed Under-Secretary of State in the German Chancellery with responsibility for the intelligence services
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1996· 1 entry
Became the Secretary of State and head of the State Chancellery of Lower Saxony
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1993· 1 entry
Became director of the Personal Office for the prime minister of Lower Saxony, Gerhard Schröder
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1991· 1 entry
For the Law of Communication media and media guidelines in the State Chancellery of Lower Saxony in Hanover
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1982· 3 entries
Studied at University of Giessen (1980–1982).
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Steinmeier passed his first and in 1986 his second state examination in law
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Studied at University of Giessen (1976–1982).
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1956· 1 entry
Born 1956-01-05.
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