Frank-Walter Steinmeier is a German politician who became president of Germany on 19 March 2017. He was previously federal minister for foreign affairs from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2017, as well as vice chancellor of Germany from 2007 to 2009. Steinmeier was chairman-in-office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2016.
Steinmeier in 2023
Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2009)
Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier addressing a dinner of the World Jewish Congress in Berlin, September 2014
Steinmeier with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in March 2015
The president of Germany, officially titled the Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the head of state of Germany.
President of Germany
Bellevue Palace, Berlin (primary seat)
Hammerschmidt Villa, Bonn (secondary seat)
Former President Joachim Gauck and his partner Daniela Schadt