Klaus Kinkel

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Klaus Kinkel
Kinkel in 2005
Personal details
Born 17 December 1936
Metzingen , Baden-Wurttemberg
Died 4 April 2019 (2019-04-04) (aged 82)
Sankt Augustin , North Rhine-Westphalia
Political party Free Democratic Party of Germany

Klaus Kinkel (17 December 1936 – 4 March 2019) was a German civil servant, lawyer, and politician. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP).

He served as Federal Minister of Justice (1991?1992), Foreign Minister (1992?1998) and Vice Chancellor of Germany (1993?1998) in the government of Helmut Kohl . [1]

He was also chairman of the liberal Free Democratic Party from 1993 to 1995. He was President of the Federal Intelligence Service (1979?1982).

Kinkel was born in Metzingen , Baden-Wurttemberg . He died on 4 March 2019 in Sankt Augustin , North Rhine-Westphalia , aged 82. [2]

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  1. Hazan, Pierre (2004). Justice in a Time of War: The True Story Behind the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia . College Station: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN   1585443778 .
  2. Pragende Figur der FDP ? Ex-Außenminister Klaus Kinkel ist tot Archived 2019-03-06 at the Wayback Machine , ZDF 5. March 2019

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