Vice Chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany

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He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), and on 7 September 2008, Steinmeier was designated as the candidate of the SPD for the office of Chancellor of Germany in the 2009 federal election.

Steinmeier is married and has one daughter.

Steinmeier was appointed in November 1998 as Undersecretary of State in the Office of the Chancellor following Schröder's election victory.

Steinmeier is the first SPD Foreign Minister since Willy Brandt (1966-1969.

Following Franz Müntefering's announcement that he would leave the government on 21 November 2007, Steinmeier was announced as Müntefering's replacement as Vice-Chancellor.

On September 7, 2008, SPD Chairman Kurt Beck resigned at a party meeting in Werder and Steinmeier was chosen as the SPD candidate for Chancellor in the 2009 election.

Steinmeier was also designated as interim SPD Chairman, although Müntefering was expected to return to that position.

Steinmeier was born in Detmold in 1956.

A German woman held hostage in Iraq since February has been freed, but her son was still being held, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Wednesday.

Federal Minister for Foreign AffairsFrank-Walter Steinmeier has been Federal Foreign Minister since 22 November 2005 and Deputy Chancellor since November 2007.

In November 1998, following Gerhard Schröder's election as Federal Chancellor, Frank-Walter Steinmeier was appointed State Secretary of the Federal Chancellery and Commissioner for the Federal Intelligence Services.

BackgroundFrank-Walter Steinmeier was born in Detmold in 1956.

PersonalFrank-Walter Steinmeier is married and has one daughter.

Frank Walter Steinmeier is a typical representative of the young generation of the German politicians, born after the World War II.

In 1991, Steinmeier received a Doctor of Law academic degree, and was recruited as a law consultant for the mass media, in the office of Governor of Lower Saxony (niederschsische Staatskanzlei), in Hanover.

Since the end of the 1990s, Steinmeier was the one, who was giving a lead in Germany's position concerning the USA and Russia.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier met Putin after urging Russia to help in the.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier joined Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in the opening of a joint Palestinian-German project in the West Bank city of.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier joined Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in the opening of a joint Pal.

Germanys foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier was in Washington on Friday, where he met with his US counterpart Condole.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomed a decision by the Lebanese government to send 15,000 of its troops t.

7, 2008, German Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was announced as the official candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) for the chancellorship in the 2009 parliamentary elections.

Steinmeier was the son of a carpenter and a factory worker.

After the head of the Chancellery withdrew, Steinmeier took over the position.

Despite his overall popularity, Steinmeier had not escaped criticism.

The Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty has sent shockwaves across the EU.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier is German foreign minister and vice chancellor.

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Germany's Social Democrats have picked Foreign Minister Steinmeier to run against Angela Merkel in the 2009 elections.

For several years, Frank Walter Steinmeier has consistently been among Germany’s three most popular politicians, at times right at the top of the list or trailing slightly behind Christian Democrat chancellor Angela Merkel whom he will now strive to dethrone at the general election next year.

Steinmeier was born in the western German town of Detmold.

Following Gerhard Schröder's election as chancellor in 1998, Frank-Walter Steinmeier was appointed head of the chancellory andcommissioner for the federal intelligence services.

Steinmeier was entrusted with responsibility for overall policy coordination within the federal government.

Bildunterschrift: Groansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Steinmeier's opponent and boss is the current chancellor, Angela MerkelHowever, Steinmeier is certainly not without merits.

Steinmeier has quite a challenge ahead of him.

Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Europe must play a "strong and level-headed role" to settle the conflict in the Caucasus, according to a German newspaper published Sunday.

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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is also expected in Cairo for brief.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was also in Israel for talks.

Steinmeier is currently on a crisis mission in the Middle East.

Steinmeier said that the captive soldiers must be released, that the humanitarian problems must be reversed and that Hisbollah must stop shooting against Israel.

Steinmeier was adamant that any decision reached by Germany would be in tune with an international consensus.

Steinmeier is the candidate for chancellor for the German Social Democrats (SPD) in national elections scheduled for 2009.

Steinmeier said relations between Germany and Israel would always be special, adding that defending the existence and the security of the state of Israel had to remain a constant feature of German foreign policy.

From the responsibility for the past grows the commitment for the future," Steinmeier said in a speech in Berlin's restored Reichstag building.

On Thursday Steinmeier said that beyond diplomatic efforts more concrete measures are needed to show people in the region that the path to peace is worth it.

Mr Steinmeier has amply lived up to his reputation, earned as chief of staff to Chancellor Gerhard Schroder, for competence, efficiency and loyalty.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday.

Now German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is the Social Democratic Party candidate for chancellor in next year's elections, running against the popular Christian Democrat incumbent, Angela Merkel.

Now that Steinmeier has emerged as a leading candidate to run against Merkel for the Social Democrats in next year's Bundestag election, the discord—and the confusion it sows—will only grow.

Visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Saturday that a recent resolution of the UN Security Council (UNSC) is "a right step.

Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has a mountain to climb.

Steinmeier has gathered a wealth of experience of world diplomacy and government administration in his current job as German foreign minister and before that as chief off staff to former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.

Steinmeier knows that if he doesn't fight a good campaign he will be burned and won't get the chance to fight the election after that.

I expect that that will take still a few weeks and I do think it will be useful to have a meeting with the Quartet in advance of that meeting, in fact, so that as Minister Steinmeier has said, there are a lot of ideas floating around about how we might get the Israeli-Palestinian peace process back on track.

Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to embark on a new mediation mission to the Middle East on Wednesday, a foreign ministry spokesman said.

Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Friday that he will travel to the Middle East this weekend on a mediation mission aimed at halting the fighting in Gaza.

Steinmeier said he would be holding talks with Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and representatives of the Israeli government.

Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed his concern Sunday at the escalation in fighting triggered by Israel's ground offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Steinmeier discussed the situation in separate telephone calls on Sunday with his Israeli counterpart Tzipi Livni and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Steinmeier said pirates had seized more than 200 ships off the Horn of Africa this year and were currently holding 17 vessels and some 200 crewmembers hostage.

Steinmeier was in Trieste Tuesday as part of a summit including talks between Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to pay a three-day visit to India starting Wednesday, his spokesman said Monday.

Steinmeier is set to visit Trieste for a summit meeting on Tuesday.

Freiburg, Germany - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Thursday he does not expect a radical change in US climate policy after Barack Obama takes over as president.

Steinmeier met with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Deputy Premier Sheikh Hamdan for political talks and to help prepare for the conference of the circle of friends of democratic Pakistan to take place in mid-November in Abu Dhabi.

Steinmeier is due to meet the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, as well as attend the opening function for a German school in the emirate.

On Thursday Steinmeier is scheduled to meet with officials from the UAE's sovereign wealth fund, an 875-billion-dollar fund that is reportedly seeking to increase its involvement in Europe.

Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was flying to Pakistan Monday at the start of a four-day diplomatic tour that will also take in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Berlin- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to appeal to Tehran to make a constructive response to the current offer from world powers over Iran's controversial nuclear programme in talks Monday with his Iranian counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki.

Steinmeier said Germany would assess the new government on the basis of its achievements.

Making the announcement at Werder, south-west of Berlin, Steinmeier said Kurt Beck, the long-serving premier of Rhineland- Palatinate, who has led the party since 2006, had resigned as chairman.

Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for an international probe into the conflict over Georgia's breakaway provinces in an interview published Friday by the daily Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung.

BERLIN, Jan 14 (UPI) -- Germany's foreign minister tries to bring about a cease-fire, peaceful and violent anti-war demonstrators roam the country's streets, and a most unusual orchestra of young Israeli and Arab musicians electrifies crowds at a Berlin opera house -- Germany is dealing with the war in Gaza on multiple levels.

BERLIN, July 22 (UPI) -- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says he's optimistic Ireland will find "a way forward" after a vote to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon.

Steinmeier is on his second visit to the region aimed at ending Israels war with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.

ISLAMABAD: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with President Asif Zardari here followed by a formal meeting between foreign ministers of both the countries.

ISLAMABAD: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with President Asif Zardari here.

Germany stands ready to help Pakistan overcome its security and economic problems, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in an interview published Tuesday ahead of a visit here.

New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal KrishnaAdvani in New Delhi on Thursday.

Steinmeier is also scheduled to meet Prime Minister Dr.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has applauded the new approach to Iran offered by US President-elect Barack Obama, saying dialogue with the Islamic Republic was the way forward.

BERLIN, Jan 11 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier praised US.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has offered Egypt his countrys assistance in stopping arms smuggling into the Gaza Strip.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier praised US president-elect Barack Obama for indicating he would take a new approach to relations with Iran.