Guido Westerwelle

Guido Westerwelle
Guido Westerwelle
Meenister o Foreign Affairs
	In office; 28 October 2009 – 17 December 2013
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Precedit bi	Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Succeedit bi	Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Vice-Chancellor o Germany
	In office; 28 October 2009 – 16 Mey 2011
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Precedit bi	Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Succeedit bi	Philipp Rösler
Leader o the Free Democratic Pairty
	In office; 4 Mey 2001 – 13 Mey 2011
Precedit bi	Wolfgang Gerhardt
Succeedit bi	Philipp Rösler
Personal details
Born	27 December 1961; Bad Honnef, Germany
Dee'd	18 Mairch 2016 (aged 54); Cologne, Germany
Poleetical pairty	Free Democratic Pairty
Domestic partner	Michael Mronz
Alma mater	Varsity o Bonn; Distance University of Hagen
Wabsteid	Official website

Guido Westerwelle (German: [ˈɡiːdo ˈvɛstɐˌvɛlə]; 27 December 1961 o Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany - 18 Mairch 2016 o Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalie Germany) wis a German politeecian who served as the Foreign Meenister in the seicont cabinet o Chancellor Angela Merkel an wis Vice Chancellor o Germany frae 2009 tae 2011. He is the first openly gey person tae hauld either o those poseetions. He haed been the chairman o the Free Democratic Pairty o Germany (FDP) syne Mey 2001, but stepped doun in 2011.^[1] A lawyer bi profession, he wis member o the Bundestag frae 1996 tae 2013.

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