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Hans-Dietrich Genscher

1927 - 2016

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Hans-Dietrich Genscher (21 March 1927 – 31 March 2016) 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 (except for a two-week break in 1982, after the FDP had left the Third Schmidt cabinet), 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). A proponent of Realpolitik, Genscher has been called "a master of diplomacy". He is widely regarded as having been a principal "architect of German reunification". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans-Dietrich Genscher is the 3,698th most popular politician (down from 3,303rd in 2019), the 952nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 891st in 2019) and the 270th most popular German Politician.

Hans-Dietrich Genscher is most famous for being the German Foreign Minister from 1974 to 1992. He is credited with the reunification of Germany and the end of the Cold War.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hans-Dietrich Genscher ranks 3,698 out of 19,576. Before him are Manuel Godoy, Maria Teresa of Savoy, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Cleomenes III, Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau, and Niceto Alcalá-Zamora. After him are Yasuhiro Nakasone, William of Villehardouin, Al-Muazzam Turanshah, Al-Mutawakkil III, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, and Gyges of Lydia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Hans-Dietrich Genscher ranks 58. Before him are Alan MacDiarmid, Romano Mussolini, Stan Getz, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, John Vane, and Daniel Keyes. After him are Marvin Minsky, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Carlo Maria Martini, Pat Carroll, Leszek Kołakowski, and Harry Markowitz. Among people deceased in 2016, Hans-Dietrich Genscher ranks 62. Before him are Vesna Vulović, George Gaynes, Ahmed Zewail, Robert Vaughn, Ray Tomlinson, and Michèle Morgan. After him are Marvin Minsky, Sonia Rykiel, René Angélil, Jacques Rivette, Ettore Scola, and Věra Čáslavská.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans-Dietrich Genscher ranks 952 out of 7,253. Before him are Johannes Trithemius (1462), Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (1336), Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557), Helmut Rahn (1929), Herta Oberheuser (1911), and Peter Weiss (1916). After him are Frank Wedekind (1864), Carl Stamitz (1745), George, King of Saxony (1832), Johann Elert Bode (1747), August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818), and Maria Sophia of Neuburg (1666).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Hans-Dietrich Genscher ranks 270. Before him are Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809), Ulrich von Jungingen (1360), Edith Frank (1900), John George III, Elector of Saxony (1647), Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (1336), and Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557). After him are George, King of Saxony (1832), Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857), Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823), Prince Augustus William of Prussia (1722), Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173), and Josef Terboven (1898).

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