Biography

Frank-Walter Steinmeier was born on January 5, 1956 in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Stromberg - Der Film (2014), Review of the Day (1952) and Deutscher Zukunftspreis (1997). He has been married to Elke Büdenbender since December 27, 1995. They have one child.

Chief of the Chancellery of the Federal Republic of Germany (31 July 1999 to 22 November 2005).

Donated one of his kidneys to his wife (August 2010).

Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany (22 November 2005 to 27 October 2009 and from 17 December 2013 to 27 January 2017).

West German Political Figure.

President of the Federal Republic of Germany since 19 March 2017.

[2022, apologising for the Federal Republic's initial response to war in Ukraine] In the face of evil, goodwill was not enough.