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Hans-Dietrich Genscher

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German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party (1927-2016)

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Hans-Dietrich Genscher was a German statesman and a member of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), who served as Federal Minister of the Interior from 1969 to 1974, and as Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and Vice Chancellor of Germany from 1974 to 1992, making him the longest-serving occupant of either post...

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George H. W. Bush and Genscher (21 November 1989)George H. W. Bush and Genscher (21 November 1989)Genscher in the GDR, 1990Genscher in the GDR, 1990Genscher in 2013Genscher in 2013

Awards 40

2014Leipzig International Mendelssohn Prize
2013Grand Officer of the Order of the White Double Cross
2009Urania Medal
2009M100 Media Award
2009Johann Heinrich Voß Prize for Literature
2007Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
2006Freedom Prize
2004Erich-Kästner award
2002Honorary doctor of the University of Szczecin
2000Courage Award
1998Ring of Honour of the city Wuppertal
1993Reinhold Maier Medal
1993honorary doctor of the Leipzig University
1992Golden Schlitzohr
1990Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
1990Theodor Heuss Award
1985honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca
1982Order of Karl Valentin
1979Orden wider den tierischen Ernst
1979Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1977Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
1975Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1973Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
honorary citizen of Berlin
Order of Merit of Saxony-Anhalt
Steiger Award
Order of the Three Stars, 2nd Class
Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia
Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ
Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry
Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Order of Duke Trpimir
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa

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Connected to Hans-Dietrich 6

Helmut KohlAlso in Trading Germans (2014)Mario Vargas LlosaAlso won Freedom PrizeJürgen HabermasAlso won Theodor Heuss AwardWim WendersAlso won Ring of Honour of the city WuppertalBob GeldofAlso won M100 Media AwardRichard von WeizsäckerAlso won Johann Heinrich Voß Prize for Literature

About this person

Hans-Dietrich Genscher was a German statesman and a member of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), who served as Federal Minister of the Interior from 1969 to 1974, and as Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and Vice Chancellor of Germany from 1974 to 1992, making him the longest-serving occupant of either post and the only person to have held one of these positions under two different Chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1991 he was chairman of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

Country
Germany
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2016 · aged 89
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30 languages

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