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Klaus Kinkel

1936 - 2019

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Klaus Kinkel (17 December 1936 – 4 March 2019) was a German statesman, civil servant, diplomat and lawyer who served as the minister of Foreign affairs (1992–1998) and the vice chancellor of Germany (1993–1998) in the government of Helmut Kohl. Kinkel was a career civil servant and a longtime aide to Hans-Dietrich Genscher, and served as his personal secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior from 1970 and in senior roles in the Foreign Office from 1974. He was President of Federal Intelligence Service from 1979 to 1982 and a state secretary in the Federal Ministry of Justice from 1982 to 1991. In 1991 he was appointed as the Federal Minister of Justice and joined the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) shortly after. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Klaus Kinkel is the 7,785th most popular politician (up from 8,148th in 2019), the 2,132nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,296th in 2019) and the 632nd most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Klaus Kinkel ranks 7,785 out of 19,576. Before him are Goran Hadžić, Hugh I of Cyprus, Zbigniew Religa, Varazdat, Gnaeus Manlius Vulso, and Hodierna of Jerusalem. After him are Sergey Naryshkin, Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut, Milan Stojadinović, Rufinus, Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, and Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Klaus Kinkel ranks 149. Before him are Roger Whittaker, Horst Mahler, Dan Inosanto, A. S. Byatt, Harry Bild, and Adolfo Nicolás. After him are Théo Sarapo, Alejandra Pizarnik, David Yonggi Cho, Ziaur Rahman, Andrew Grove, and Ennio Antonelli. Among people deceased in 2019, Klaus Kinkel ranks 121. Before him are Billy Drago, Rafi Eitan, Guillermo Mordillo, Jonas Mekas, Jean Starobinski, and Machiko Kyō. After him are Josef Kadraba, Georgiy Daneliya, Andrés Gimeno, Anatoly Lukyanov, Hirokazu Kanazawa, and Patrick Sercu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Klaus Kinkel ranks 2,133 out of 7,253. Before him are Gustaf Gründgens (1899), Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (1797), Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (1891), Hans Globke (1898), Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744), and Igor Mitoraj (1944). After him are Helmold (1120), Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1536), Ami Boué (1794), John A. Roebling (1806), Princess Elisabeth of Prussia (1815), and Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria (1795).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Klaus Kinkel ranks 632. Before him are Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein (1757), William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1516), George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1539), George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1605), Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (1797), and Hans Globke (1898). After him are Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1536), Princess Elisabeth of Prussia (1815), Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria (1795), Princess Mathilde of Saxony (1863), Princess Helena of Nassau (1831), and Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (1305).

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