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Sigmar Hartmut Gabriel is a German politician who was the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018 and the vice-chancellor of Germany from 2013 to 2018. He was Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 2009 to 2017, which made him the party's longest-serving leader since Willy Brandt. He was the Federal Minister of the Environment from 2005 to 2009 and the Federal M…
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politics · German politician (born 1959) · politician · non-fiction writer · temporary career soldier · secondary school teacher · also Sigmar Gabriel, Siggi Pop, Gabriel
Born 12 September 1959 · Q160902
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Rejected an offer to become the head of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) after media reports that he was in line for the post caused a public outcry and prompted accusations of nepotism
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Awarded honorary citizen of Goslar (2018).
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The German government's ethics committee rejected his request to join the supervisory board of Kulczyk Investments, citing potential conflict of interest
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“Ukrainians, Belarusians and Russians experienced unfathomable suffering in World War II. We have a responsibility there.”
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Gabriel was among six of 11 candidates nominated by Siemens to join the board of directors of Siemens Alstom, a planned merger of two railway companies; he ended up not taking the office when the merger was prohibited by
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Career landmark: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (2017–2018).
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (2017–2019).
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Gabriel stated that the United States, with Donald Trump as president, has "weakened" the West and that the balance of power has now shifted
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During a series of Chinese bids for German engineering firms, Gabriel publicly called for a European-wide safeguard clause which could stop foreign takeovers of firms whose technology is deemed strategic for the future e
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A German court nullified Gabriel's controversial decision to grant special permission for the country's biggest supermarket chain Edeka to buy grocery store chain Kaiser's, owned by Tengelmann Group
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“we want to help resolve the conflict in Ukraine but don’t want to force Russia to its knees.”
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Gabriel opposed a European Commission proposal for regional power-capacity markets, according to which utilities are paid for providing backup electricity at times when power generated by renewable sources, such as the s
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Gabriel tried to choke the exports of the German defence industry
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“special investment-protection provisions are not required in an agreement between the E.U. and the U.S”
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Gabriel turned the Social Democrats’ third successive defeat to Angela Merkel in the federal election into a share of government, after successfully navigating the three-month process of coalition negotiations and a ball
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By canceling the SPD payment of its £100,000 yearly membership fee to the Socialist International in January 2012
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (2013–2017).
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Career landmark: Vice-Chancellor of Germany (2013–2018).
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Career landmark: Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (2013–2017).
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After having visited Hebron and the Palestinian territories, he said the Palestinians in those areas were systematically discriminated against and called Israel an "apartheid regime"
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Married dentist Anke Stadler, with whom he has been in a relationship since 2008; their daughter Marie was born in 2012
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Gabriel harshly criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency, saying it had promoted “the construction of nuclear plants in all parts of the world, even in war and crisis regions
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Gabriel joined Ed Miliband, the leader of the UK's Labour Party, and Håkan Juholt, the chairman of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, in suggesting a “new deal” for economic growth
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Gabriel called the speeches of Thilo Sarrazin, his party colleague who wrote critically about immigration by accusing Muslims of refusing to integrate and of “dumbing down” German society, "verbal violence"
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Called for an independent assessment that would determine whether the U
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (2009–2013).
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Career landmark: chairman of the Social Democratic Party (2009–2017).
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When Germany held the presidency of the Council of the European Union, he led the negotiations between European Union environment ministers on an ambitious effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 20 percent below 1990
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (2005–2009).
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Career landmark: Federal Minister for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (2005–2009).
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Gabriel became the SPD's "Representative for Pop Culture and Pop Discourse" from 2003 to 2005, for which he was bestowed the nickname Siggi Pop
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Career landmark: Minister-President of Lower Saxony (1999–2003).
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Was first elected to the State Parliament of Lower Saxony, where he led the SPD parliamentary group from 1998 until 1999
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With his former girlfriend, who is of Jewish origin and whose grandparents were murdered in Auschwitz
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Gabriel has a daughter, Saskia, born in 1989, with his former girlfriend, who is of Jewish origin and whose grandparents were murdered in Auschwitz.
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Studied at University of Göttingen (1982–1987).
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And the second state examination in 1989
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“A Feminist Looks at Saudi Arabia”
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And soon held a number of positions in local politics
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And for the next six years he lived with his father and grandmother Lina Gabriel, while his sister lived with their mother
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Born 1959-09-12.
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