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Chairman of the FDP (1936-2019)

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Klaus Kinkel (1936–2019) was a German politician, lawyer, and jurist. Born in Metzingen, he held the positions of Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vice-Chancellor of Germany, and member of the German Bundestag. He was also a secretary of state. A member of the Free Democratic Party, Kinkel worked in Bonn. He was a Roman Catholic and spoke German.

Kinkel received a Doctor of Laws degree after studying at the University of Tübingen, University of Bonn, and University of Cologne. He participated in the 1999 German presidential election. His published works include *Grenzenlose Leistung*. He died in Sankt Augustin.

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Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Grenzenlose Leistung
  • Die Lehre von Popitz für die Gestaltung des gemeindlichen Finanzausgleichs und ihr Verhältnis zum gegenwärtigen Rechtszustand in der Bundesrepublick
  • Die Lehre von Popitz für die Gestaltung des gemeindlichen Finanzausgleichs und ihr Verhältnis zum gegenwärtigen Rechtszustand in der Bundesrepublik

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Germany
Active from
1969-09-27
german audiobook reader

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
53
Total plays
1,082

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electrosuomielektrofennoelectro

Klaus Kinkel is an electro artist from Helsinki, Finland. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Klaus+Kinkel">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. VMD: Visual molecular dynamics

    · 1996 · cited 63,006x

  2. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,623x

  3. Scalable molecular dynamics with NAMD

    · 2005 · cited 15,866x

  4. REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES: Metabolism, Oxidative Stress, and Signal Transduction

    · 2004 · cited 9,723x

  5. nnU-Net: a self-configuring method for deep learning-based biomedical image segmentation

    · 2020 · cited 9,257x

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Key facts

Chancellor
Helmut Kohl
Preceded by
Jürgen Möllemann
Succeeded by
Joschka Fischer
Constituency
FDP List
Born
( 1936-12-17 ) 17 December 1936, Metzingen , Nazi Germany
Died
4 March 2019 (2019-03-04) (aged 82), Sankt Augustin , Germany
Party
Free Democratic Party (1991–2019)
Spouse
Ursula Kinkel ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 ) ​
Alma mater
University of Tübingen (no degree), University of Bonn , University of Cologne ( Dr. iur. )
Occupation
Politician Lawyer Civil Servant

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Klaus
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Metzingen
Place of death
Sankt Augustin
Occupation
lawyer
Political party
Free Democratic Party
Languages spoken
German
Native language
German
Academic degree
Doctor of Laws
Image
Klaus Kinkel (cropped).jpg
Work location
Bonn
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date of birth
1936-12-17
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name in native language
Klaus Kinkel
date of death
2019-03-04
catalog code
11002696
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Encyclopedic overview

Klaus Kinkel (17 December 1936 – 4 March 2019) was a German statesman, civil servant, diplomat and lawyer who served as the minister of Foreign affairs (1992–1998) and the vice chancellor of Germany (1993–1998) in the government of Helmut Kohl.

Kinkel was a career civil servant and a longtime aide to Hans-Dietrich Genscher, and served as his personal secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior from 1970 and in senior roles in the Foreign Office from 1974. He was President of Federal Intelligence Service from 1979 to 1982 and a state secretary in the Federal Ministry of Justice from 1982 to 1991. In 1991 he was appointed as the Federal Minister of Justice and joined the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) shortly after. In 1992 he became Foreign Minister, and in 1993 he also became the Vice Chancellor of Germany and the leader of the Free Democratic Party. He left the government in 1998 following its electoral defeat. Kinkel was a member of the Bundestag from 1994 to 2002, and was later active as a lawyer and philanthropist.

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