Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Preses o Germany
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 Mairch 2017
Chancellor	Angela Merkel Olaf Scholz
Precedit bi	Joachim Gauck
Meenister for Foreign Affairs
In office 17 December 2013 – 27 Januar 2017
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Precedit bi	Guido Westerwelle
Succeedit bi	Sigmar Gabriel
In office 22 November 2005 – 27 October 2009
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Precedit bi	Joschka Fischer
Succeedit bi	Guido Westerwelle
Leader o the Social Democratic Pairty in the Bundestag
In office 27 October 2009 – 16 December 2013
Precedit bi	Peter Struck
Succeedit bi	Thomas Oppermann
Vice Chancellor o Germany
In office 21 November 2007 – 27 October 2009
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Precedit bi	Franz Müntefering
Succeedit bi	Guido Westerwelle
Chief o Staff o the Chancellery
In office 31 Julie 1999 – 22 November 2005
Chancellor	Gerhard Schröder
Precedit bi	Bodo Hombach
Succeedit bi	Thomas de Maizière
Personal details
Born	(1956-01-05) 5 Januar 1956 Detmold, Wast Germany (nou Germany)
Poleetical pairty	Social Democratic Pairty
Alma mater	Varsity o Giessen
Religion	Lutheranism
Signatur

Frank-Walter Steinmeier [ˈfʁaŋkˌvaltɐ ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌmaɪ̯.ɐ] (born 5 Januar 1956) is a German politeecian o the Social Democratic Pairty o Germany (SPD) wha is the Preses o Germany, takin office on 19 Mairch 2017. He previously served as Meenister for Foreign Affairs frae 2013 tae 2017. Steinmeier wis a close aide o Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, servin as Chief o Staff in the German Chancellery frae 1999 tae 2005. He subsequently served as Foreign Meenister (2005–2009) an Vice Chancellor (2007–2009) in the grand coalition govrenment o Angela Merkel. In 2008, he briefly served as actin chairman o his party.