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Germany's and Europe's Role in a Changing World

April 3, 2014
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Speaker
Guido Westerwelle
Former Vice Chancellor and Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Germany

Chair

Daniel Ziblatt
Daniel Ziblatt
Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University; Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Unit Director, Transformations of Democracy, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
 
April 3, 2014
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall

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This lecture and Q&A event is free and open to the public

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Guido Westerwelle was the German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs from October 2009 to December 2013. In December 2013 he founded the Westerwelle Foundation for International Understanding. Dr. Westerwelle was born in 1961. He grew up in Bonn. He studied law at university and received a doctorate in law. Following, he worked as an attorney. He joined the Free Democratic Party (FDP) in 1980. Guido Westerwelle was Secretary General of the Free Democratic Party from 1994 to 2001. He was elected Chairman of the FDP from 2001 to 2011. From 1996 to 2013, Guido Westerwelle had been a member of the German Bundestag. From 2006 to 2009, he was President of the FDP parliamentary group and leader of the opposition. From 2009 to May 2011, Guido Westerwelle was Deputy Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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