Guido Westerwelle

Guido Westerwelle   (politician)
Born	27 December 1961 Bad Honnef, West Germany (Now Germany)
Died	18 March 2016 (aged 54) (Age 54) Cologne, Germany
Cause of death	leukemia
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Hagen
Member of	Atlantik-Brücke, WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1997
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs In office 28 October 2009 - 17 December 2013 Preceded by Frank-Walter Steinmeier Succeeded by Frank-Walter Steinmeier  Vice Chancellor of Germany In office 28 October 2009 - 16 May 2011

Guido Westerwelle was a German politician.

Career

When Westerwelle showed too much independence, he was ousted^{[By whom?]} after a media campaign. In 2010, leaked U.S. diplomatic cables revealed that American diplomats considered Westerwelle an obstacle to deeper transatlantic relations.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2007	31 May 2007	3 June 2007	Turkey Istanbul	The 55th Bilderberg meeting, held in Turkey
Munich Security Conference/2009	2009	2009	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 45th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2010	5 February 2010	7 February 2010	Germany Munich Bavaria	An anti-war demonstration outside described it as "Nothing more than a media-effectively staged war propaganda event, which this year had the purpose of justifying the NATO troop increase in Afghanistan and glorifying the continuation of the war as a contribution to peace and stability."
Munich Security Conference/2011	4 February 2011	6 February 2011	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 47th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2012	3 February 2012	5 February 2012	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 48th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2013	1 February 2013	3 February 2013	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 49th Munich Security Conference
WEF/Annual Meeting/2009	23 January 2009	27 January 2009	World Economic Forum Switzerland	Chairman Klaus Schwab outlined five objectives driving the Forum’s efforts to shape the global agenda, including letting the banks that caused the 2008 economic crisis keep writing the rules, the climate change agenda, over-national government structures, taking control over businesses with the stakeholder agenda, and a "new charter for the global economic order".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2013	23 January 2013	27 January 2013	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"

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