Sigmar Gabriel | |
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.jpg) Gabriel in 2018 | |
| Vice Chancellor of Germany | |
| In office 17 December 2013 – 14 March 2018 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Philipp Rösler |
| Succeeded by | Olaf Scholz |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 13 November 2009 – 19 March 2017 | |
| Deputy | Olaf Scholz Hannelore Kraft Ralf Stegner Aydan Özoğuz Manuela Schwesig Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel |
| Preceded by | Franz Müntefering |
| Succeeded by | Martin Schulz |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 27 January 2017 – 14 March 2018 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
| Succeeded by | Heiko Maas |
| Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy | |
| In office 17 December 2013 – 27 January 2017 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Philipp Rösler (Economics and Technology) |
| Succeeded by | Brigitte Zypries |
| Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety | |
| In office 22 November 2005 – 27 October 2009 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Jürgen Trittin |
| Succeeded by | Norbert Röttgen |
| Minister-President of Lower Saxony | |
| In office 15 December 1999 – 4 March 2003 | |
| Deputy | Heidrun Merk Renate Jürgens-Pieper |
| Preceded by | Gerhard Glogowski |
| Succeeded by | Christian Wulff |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the Landtag of Lower Saxony | |
| In office 4 March 2003 – 9 November 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Axel Plaue |
| Succeeded by | Wolfgang Jüttner |
| In office 30 March 1998 – 15 December 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Heinrich Aller |
| Succeeded by | Axel Plaue |
| Member of the Bundestag for Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel | |
| In office 18 October 2005 – 3 November 2019[1] | |
| Preceded by | Wilhelm Schmidt |
| Succeeded by | Markus Paschke |
| Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony for Goslar | |
| In office 21 June 1990 – 9 November 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Jürgen Sikora |
| Succeeded by | Petra Emmerich-Kopatsch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sigmar Hartmut Gabriel 12 September 1959 Goslar, Lower Saxony, West Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouses | Munise Demirel
(m. 1989; div. 1998)Anke Stadler (m. 2012) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Signature |  |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Germany |
| Branch/service |  Bundeswehr |
| Years of service | 1979–1981 |
| Unit |  Air Force (Luftwaffe) |
Sigmar Hartmut Gabriel (born 12 September 1959) is a German politician who was the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018 and the vice-chancellor of Germany from 2013 to 2018. He was Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 2009 to 2017,[2] which made him the party's longest-serving leader since Willy Brandt.[2] He was the Federal Minister of the Environment from 2005 to 2009 and the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 2013 to 2017. From 1999 to 2003 Gabriel was Minister-President of Lower Saxony.
He represented Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel in the Bundestag.
Gabriel is a member of the Seeheimer Kreis, an official internal grouping of the party with liberal economic positions.
- ^ Georg Ismar (27 September 2019), "Dann soll man besser gehen": Ex-SPD-Chef Gabriel hört auf Der Tagesspiegel.
- ^ a b Holger Hansen and Madeline Chambers (5 January 2017), SPD leader Gabriel expected to challenge Merkel in German: sources Reuters.