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Guido Westerwelle
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Guido Westerwelle was a German politician from the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as his country's Foreign Minister. His tenure in this important diplomatic role spanned from 2009 to 2016, a period that included significant international events and German foreign policy decisions.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Summa Summarum Von Politik und Wirtschaft
- FDP Ludwigsburg
- Von der Gefälligkeitspolitik zur Verantwortungsgesellschaft
- Neuland
- Neuland. Die Zukunft des deutschen Liberalismus.
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- 47
- Total plays
- 154
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials
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- The Hallmarks of Aging
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- The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary
· 2016 · cited 13,374x
- The 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary
· 2021 · cited 10,816x
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,646x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Guido
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Bad Honnef
- Place of death
- Cologne
- Spouse
- Michael Mronz
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- member of the German Bundestag
- Educated at
- University of Bonn
- Political party
- Free Democratic Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Doctoral advisor
- Dimitris Tsatsos
- Official website
- www.guido-westerwelle.de
- Image
- Ministru prezidents Valdis Dombrovskis tiekas ar Vācijas ārlietu ministru Gvido Vestervelli (7849819858) (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Bonn
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- member of
- Second Merkel cabinet
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- Guido Westerwelle
- date of birth
- 1961-12-27
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- name in native language
- Guido Westerwelle
- date of death
- 2016-03-18
- cause of death
- acute myeloid leukemia
- place of burial
- Melaten-Friedhof
- manner of death
- natural causes
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- unmarried partner
- Michael Mronz
- catalog code
- 11002944
- P10632
- Guido Westerwelle
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Encyclopedic overview
Guido Westerwelle ( German: [ˈɡiːdo ˈvɛstɐˌvɛlə]; 27 December 1961 – 18 March 2016) was a German politician who served as foreign minister in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2009 to 2011, being the first openly gay person to hold any of these positions. He also led the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 2001 until he stepped down in 2011. A lawyer by profession, he was a member of the Bundestag from 1996 to 2013.
Early life and education
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