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Hans-Dietrich Genscher.
German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party (1927-2016)
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About Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Hans-Dietrich Genscher 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, 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).
Everything about Hans-Dietrich Genscher →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, assessor, university teacher
- Position held
- Vice-Chancellor of Germany, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, member of the German Bundestag, Chief Whip
- Citizenship
- Germany, East Germany
- Born
- March 21, 1927
- Died
- March 31, 2016
- Website
- http://www.genscher.de/