Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bündnis90/Die Grünen)- Born on 12 April 1948 in Gerabronn, Baden-Württemberg
- Since 1982Member of the Greens
- 1983 - 29.03.1985Member of the German Bundestag
- 12.12.1985 - 09.02.1987Minister of State for the Environment and Energy, State of HesseDeputy Member of the Bundesrat (Federal Council)
- 08.04.1987 - 04.04.1991Chairman of the Greens Group in the Hessian State Assembly
- 21.04.1987 - 04.04.1991Member of the Hessian State Assembly
- April 1991 - 06.10.1994Hessian Minister for the Environment, Energy and Federal Affairs; Deputy to the Hessian State Premier
- 19.10.1994 - 25.10.1998Parliamentary Spokesman for Alliance '90/Greens in the German Bundestag
- Since 27.10.1998Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Deputy Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.