Frank-Walter Steinmeier

German politician, president of Germany since 2017

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  • Germany rank#111
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Born 1956 · age 70Germany

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  • Rank in Germany
    #111
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  • Age
    70
    Born 1956
  • Known for
    Stromberg – The Movie
    2014
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Updated 2026-06-21

Germany's president since 2017, twice foreign minister before that — a behind-the-scenes architect of welfare reform who ran for chancellor once and lost, now criticized for going soft on autocracies in the name of business.

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Born 5 January 1956, Steinmeier holds a law doctorate and spent the 1990s as a career civil servant close to Gerhard Schröder, following him from Lower Saxony to the Chancellery in 1998. As Chief of Staff from 1999 to 2005, he helped design Agenda 2010, the controversial welfare overhaul that split his own Social Democratic Party. He became Foreign Minister in Angela Merkel's first grand coalition in 2005, added the vice-chancellorship in 2007, then led the SPD into the 2009 election as their candidate for chancellor — and lost badly. A second stint as Foreign Minister followed from 2013 to 20…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Frank-Walter Steinmeier
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At the war's end, the death toll of the peoples of the Soviet Union numbered some 27 million.
As quoted in the Anniversary of Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union speech, 18 June 2021
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
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Officials at the Reich Security Main Office planned the annihilation with cynical precision.
As quoted in the Anniversary of Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union speech, 18 June 2021
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
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Those who waged this war killed people in every imaginable way, with an unprecedented degree of brutality and cruelty.
As quoted in the Anniversary of Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union speech, 18 June 2021
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
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We are here to remember the huge contribution of the men and women from the ranks of the Red Army who fought against Nazi Germany.
As quoted in the Anniversary of Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union speech, 18 June 2021
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