Joschka Fischer Politician

Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer (born April 12, 1948) is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens. He served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005. Fischer has been a leading figure in the West German Greens since the 1970s, and according to opinion polls, he was the most popular politician in Germany for most of the government's duration. Following the September 2005 election, in which the Schröder government was defeated, he left office on November 22, 2005. In September 2010 he supported the creation of the Spinelli Group, a europarliamentarian initiative founded with a view to reinvigorate the strive for federalisation of the European Union.

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Alias (AKA)	Joschka Fischer
Birth date	April 12, 1948
Birth place	Germany , Gerabronn , Baden-Württemberg
Nationality	Germany

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chancellor	Gerhard Schröder
office	Vice Chancellor of Germany Deputy Minister-President of Hesse Minister of Affairs of German-State of Hesse Minister of Environment and Energy of Hesse
party	The Greens
prime minister	Hans Eichel Holger Börner
successor	Frank-Walter Steinmeier Franz Müntefering Karlheinz Weimar Rupert von Plottnitz Armin Clauss