- Member of a violent radical "Sponti"-group ("Revolutionaerer Kampf"/"PUTZgruppe") in the 1970s.
- Member of the Green Party since 1982.
- Member of the German parliament (Bundestag) from 1983 to 1985 and 1994 to 2006.
- Minister for Environment of Hesse, 1985-1987 and 1991-1994.
- Lost 37 kg weight between 1996 and 1998 (and got more than it back until now (2006)).
- Walked the 1999 New York Marathon in 3:55 h.
- Personal friend of former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
- Son David (born 1979) and daughter Lara (born 1983) with Inge
- German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor from 1998 to 2005.
- Achieved the most remarkable political career in Germany after 1945.
- Germany's political selfmademan Nr. 1.
- Has two children, David and Lara, with his second wife Inge. In 2005, he became grandfather for the first time.
- Senior fellow of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University (September 2006).
- (27 October 1998 - 22 November 2005) German Secretary of State (Foreign Minister) "Aussenminister" and vice Chancellor of Germany "Vizekanzler"
- Elder Statesman and touring Lecturer. (2006)
- (27 October 1998-) German Secretary of State (Foreign Minister) "Auáenminister" and vice Chancellor of Germany "Vize Kanzler"
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