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Joschka Fischer
Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer is a German former politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party. He served as the foreign minister and as the vice chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005. Fischer has been a leading figure in the German Greens since the 1970s, and according to opinion polls, he was the most popular politician in Germany for most of the Schröder…
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Born 12 April 1948 · Q57344
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2016· 1 entry
Won Medal for outstanding service to Bavaria in a united Europe (2016).
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2009· 1 entry
Fischer took a post as adviser to the Nabucco pipeline project, which involved the German RWE company
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2008· 1 entry
Career landmark: Participated in 2008 Bilderberg Conference (tournament / event).
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University (2006).
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2005· 6 entries
Critics charged that Fischer's relaxing of controls on visa regulations for Ukraine, would allow illegal immigrants to enter Germany with fake identities
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At the time of his wedding with Barati in 2005, she was mother to a six-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, while Fischer's children were 23 and 26 of age at the time.
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (2005–2006).
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Prior to the German Visa Affair 2005, Fischer was a popular politician, "loved by an entire nation." Writing in Der Spiegel, journalist Charles Hawley opined that since 1998, "Joschka Fischer's popularity has been virtually unassailable: The icon of the environmentally minded Green Party could, it seemed, do no wrong.
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Was mother to a six-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, while Fischer's children were 23 and 26 of age at the time
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“After 20 years of power, now I want my freedom back”
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2004· 5 entries
Awarded Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize (2004).
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Awarded German Leo Baeck Award (2004).
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Commissioned German heraldist Dieter Krieger to produce a coat of arms, which was registered to the Rhein-Main Wappenrolle
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Was one of the signatories to the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
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Fischer called on Ukraine to hold a recount of the presidential elections after Putin-backed candidate Viktor Yanukovich was the first to declare his victory despite mass protests in Kyiv
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2003· 2 entries
Won Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal (2003).
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On the secretary's purported evidence for Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction ("Excuse me, I am not convinced")
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2002· 4 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate of Haifa University (2002).
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (2002–2005).
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That Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder largely based his early election campaign on the fact that Fischer would remain at his side at the helm of Germany's political leadership
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– Honorary doctorate of the University of Haifa
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2001· 1 entry
Fischer and Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul announced a 256 million marks ($115 million) humanitarian-aid package for Afghan refugees
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2000· 1 entry
Covered the topic of his weight loss by writing the book My Long Race Towards Myself on his experience, which became an immediate bestseller in Germany
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1999· 3 entries
Both Fischer and Justice Minister Herta Däubler-Gmelin appealed for clemency for the LaGrand brothers, two German citizens sentenced to death in Arizona
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Fischer led a delegation including European Commissioner Manuel Marín and the European Union's Special Envoy to the Middle East Miguel Ángel Moratinos on a visit to Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories, but also to
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Fischer supported German military participation in the Kosovo War
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1998· 3 entries
Career landmark: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (1998–2005).
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Career landmark: Vice-Chancellor of Germany (1998–2005).
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1998–2002).
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1996· 1 entry
Up until 1996, Fischer was a bon vivant, and often spoke openly about his love for good wines and food despite his "chunky" figure.
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1994· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1994–1998).
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1985· 1 entry
Fischer became Minister for the Environment in the Landtag of Hesse in the first governmental Red-Green coalition between the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Greens
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1983· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1983–1985).
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“s police car left Weber with burns over 60% of his body. Green politician From 1983 to 1985, Fischer was a member of the Bundestag for the Green party. His stint in federal parliament saw him frequently engage in a frank and confrontational debating style, exemplified by an incident on 18 October 1984, when he addressed Richard Stücklen, then vice president of the parliament, with the words:”
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1973· 1 entry
Had been transported in Fischer's car, along with other weapons stolen from an American army base
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1971· 1 entry
Began working for the car manufacturer Opel and attempted to organise his fellow workers for the coming communist revolution
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1969· 1 entry
Fischer was photographed in Algeria at a meeting of the PLO, which remained a terrorist organization until 1988
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1967· 1 entry
Became active in the West German student movement and left-wing movement (post-) 1968 (the so-called Spontis), first in Stuttgart and after 1968 in Frankfurt am Main
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1965· 1 entry
And started an apprenticeship as a photographer, which he quit in 1966
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1948· 1 entry
Born 1948-04-12.
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1946· 1 entry
After it was occupied by the Soviet Union, and ethnic Germans were persecuted and expelled by the authorities
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