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OldEurope

(1,273 posts)
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 11:37 AM Mar 2016

Guido Westerwelle is dead.

Mr Westerwelle was a high ranking German politician whose homosexuality was known to the public since 1997. He was the leader of the FDP (Freiheitliche Partei Deutschlands). From 2009 to 2013 he was vice chancellor and minister of foreign affairs.

He died today at the age of 54 from leukemia, leaving behind his spouse Michael.

RIP, Mr. Westerwelle.





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