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Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Frank-Walter Steinmeier is a German politician who has served as Germany's president since 2017.

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Wrong Passport?

Becoming a German national could have saved Murat Kurnaz from four years in Guantanamo.

Falsely Accused

DW reviews the events leading to the arrest and release of a German resident from Guantanamo Bay.

Guantanamo Bay

How much did the German foreign minister know about the case of a German-born ex-Guantanamo inmate?

Middle East Peace

Violence has returned to Gaza, yet there's hope Germany can restart the Middle East peace process.

German foreign minister Frank Walter Steinmeier arrived in Syria Monday

The middle east peace process and Syria’s ties to shiite group Hizbollah in Lebanon are the main focus of Steinmeier’s one day trip to Damascus.

Steinmeier in Africa

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier continues his five-nation tour of North Africa.

An Afghan school

An Afghan school

Bundeswehr in Afghanistan

Germany refuses to send troops to southern Afghanistan, but wants to up civilian involvement.

Frank Walter Steinmeier heads for Kyrgyzstan

German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier is on a bridge-building tour in Central Asia.

Failed Talks

Little headway was made in Berlin at the latest round of talks on Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmier

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmier

EU Constitution Roadmap

Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Germany aims to map out an EU constitution roadmap.

Germany's Steinmeier Warns of Widening Middle East Conflict

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, one of a number of European diplomats currently in the Middle East, warned Saturday that "extremist" forces must be stopped from widening the current conflict.

Opinion: Re-opening a Constitutional Can of Worms

The French and Dutch rejection of the European Constitution left the project in a state of acute temporary paralysis. One year on, it seems to have found a second wind. DW's Bernd Riegert on the new optimism.

International Relief Slow to Reach Java

Foreign leaders have sent emergency teams and promised financial aid to Indonesia after Java was devastated by an earthquake that killed thousands of people. Germany has earmarked 500,000 euros.

Opinion: German Foreign Minister Rediscovers Latin America

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has completed his first trip to South America and concluded that the continent deserves more attention from the EU. He's right, says DW's Mirjam Gehrke.

Steinmeier in Washington Discusses Iran

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is on an official two day visit to the US, ahead of a trip to Washington by German Chancellor Angela Merkel scheduled for May.

German Foreign Minister to Focus on Iran on US Trip

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier flew to Washington on Monday to discuss the situation in the Middle East with US officials in advance of a trip by Chancellor Angela Merkel in May.

Germany Urges North Korea and Iran to Resume Diplomacy

While on visit in South Korea, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged North Korea and Iran to return to diplomacy and work to end the crises over their nuclear ambitions.

Steinmeier Defends EU Stance on Hamas

On his Middle East tour, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier defended Europe's refusal to sit down with Hamas, while Palestinian leaders urged the international community to continue providing aid.

German Foreign Minister Debuts in Egypt

Although his trip to the Middle-East was cut short before it even began, German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier used what time he had in Egypt to raise the issue of Iran's nuclear program.

Moaning Tops Agenda at EU Wrap-Up

The EU foreign ministers meet for the last time this year, but the usual end-of-year praise will likely be trumped by dissatisfaction over Britain's presidency.

Steinmeier Denies Claim of German Complicity in CIA Scandal

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier strongly denied Saturday any involvement by Berlin in the abduction and detention of a German national by the US Central Intelligence Agency.

Germany's New Face Abroad

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a close ally of outgoing chancellor Schröder, is set to be Germany's new foreign minister. Not much is known about the "silent star in Schröder's team," who largely acted behind the scenes.