Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the Bundestag
In office 1 May 2006 – 22 October 2009
Preceded by
Wolfgang Gerhardt
Succeeded by
Birgit Homburger
Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 8 February 1996 – 22 October 2013
Preceded by
Heinz Lanfermann
Succeeded by
multi-member district
Constituency
Free Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born
(1961-12-27)27 December 1961 Bad Honnef, West Germany (now Germany)
Died
18 March 2016(2016-03-18) (aged 54) Cologne, Germany
Cause of death
Leukemia
Political party
Free Democratic Party
Domestic partner
Michael Mronz (2003–2016)
Alma mater
University of Bonn University of Hagen
Guido Westerwelle (German:[ˈɡiːdoˈvɛstɐˌvɛlə]; 27 December 1961 – 18 March 2016) was a German politician who served as foreign minister in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2009 to 2011, being the first openly gay person to hold any of these positions. He also led the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 2001 until he stepped down in 2011.[1] A lawyer by profession, he was a member of the Bundestag from 1996 to 2013.
^"Westerwelle gibt den FDP-Vorsitz ab" Die Zeit (3 April 2011) (in German).
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