Biography
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". In 1991, he played a pivotal role in international diplomacy surrounding the breakup of Yugoslavia by successfully pushing for international recognition of Croatia, Slovenia and other republics declaring independence, in an effort to halt "a trend towards a Greater Serbia". After leaving office, he worked as a lawyer and international consultant. He was President of the German Council on Foreign Relations and was involved with several international organisations, and with former Czech President Václav Havel, he called for a Cold War museum to be built in Berlin.
Filmography
all 51
self 49
TV Shows 43
Movies 8
Fatal News (2016)
2+Leif (2009)
Links-Rechts (2006)
Unter den Linden (2002)
23 (1998)
Phoenix Runde (1997)
Is was, Kanzler? (1984)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966)
Bambi Awards (1948)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1927-03-21
Deathday2016-03-31 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceReideburg, Germany
ReligionProtestantism
SpouseBarbara Genscher
CitizenshipsGerman Democratic Republic, Germany
ResidencesWachtberg, Germany
AwardsOrder of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Order of Prince Henry, Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, Princess of Asturias Awards, Order of Merit of Sachsen-Anhalt, Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Order of Duke Trpimir, Steiger Award, Order of Merit of Portugal, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary, Order of Christ, Order of the Three Stars, Order of the White Double Cross, Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, Hungarian Order of Merit, Order of Isabella the Catholic, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Courage Award, Order of Karl Valentin, Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Orden wider den tierischen Ernst, Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ring of Honour of the city Wuppertal, Erich-Kästner award, Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Golden Schlitzohr, Marion Dönhoff Award, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Portugal, Order of the Three Stars, 2nd Class, Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class, Reinhold Maier Medal, honorary doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Dostyk Order of grade II, Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class, honorary doctor of the Leipzig University, Freedom Prize, honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca, Honorary doctor of the University of Szczecin, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, honorary citizen of Berlin, Leipzig International Mendelssohn Prize, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, Grand Officer of the Order of the White Double Cross, Theodor Heuss Award, Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa, Urania Medal, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ, M100 Media Award
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