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Klaus Kinkel
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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
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 53
- Total plays
- 1,082
Tags
Klaus Kinkel is an electro artist from Helsinki, Finland. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Klaus+Kinkel">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 63,006x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,623x
- Scalable molecular dynamics with NAMD
· 2005 · cited 15,866x
- REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES: Metabolism, Oxidative Stress, and Signal Transduction
· 2004 · cited 9,723x
- 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
- Position held
- member of the German Bundestag
- Employer
- Federal Foreign Office
- Political party
- Free Democratic Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Participant in
- 1999 German presidential election
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Laws
- Image
- Klaus Kinkel (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Bonn
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- Commons category
- Klaus Kinkel
- date of birth
- 1936-12-17
- biography at the Bundestag of Germany URL
- webarchiv.bundestag.de/archive/2007/0206/mdb/mdb14/bio/K/kinkekl0.html
- Commons gallery
- Klaus Kinkel
- name in native language
- Klaus Kinkel
- date of death
- 2019-03-04
- catalog code
- 11002696
- P10632
- Klaus Kinkel
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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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