- Born
- Died
- Attended school in Oberdollendorf, Königswinter and Bonn, graduated from high school in 1980. Studied law in Bonn, first state law examination in 1987, second state law examination in 1991, doctorate in 1994. jur. at the Fernuniversität-Gesamthochschule-Hagen.
Self-employed lawyer in Bonn since 1991.
Member of the board of trustees of the "German AIDS Foundation" and of the board of directors of "Atlantik-Brücke e. V."
1980 Joined the FDP. Founding member of the Young Liberals, federal chairman of the Young Liberals from 1983 to 1988. 1993 to 2000 district chairman of the Bonn FDP, since 1988 member of the federal executive board, 1994 to 2001 general secretary of the FDP, since May 2001 federal chairman of the FDP.
Member of the Bundestag since February 8, 1996, chairman of the FDP parliamentary group since May 2006.
- IMDb mini biography by: Christian_Wolfgang_Barth
- SpouseMichael Mronz(September 17, 2010 - March 18, 2016) (his death)
- Foreign minister of the Federal Republic of Germany (28 October 2009 to 17 December 2013).
- Politician (Federal Republic of Germany).
- Condemned the detention of Jafar Panahi, arrested on 1 March 2010 along with Mohammad Rasoulof and Mehdi Pourmoussa. "Mr. Panahi is a dedicated filmmaker whose artistic work has won praise around the world. I appeal to the Iranian leadership in Tehran to do everything it can to ensure Mr. Panahi is released without delay." Pourmoussa and Rasoulof were released from the Evin prison on 17 March 2010, but Panahi remains in ward 209.
- Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (2011).
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