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Klaus Kinkel

1936 - 2019

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Klaus Kinkel (17 December 1936 – 4 March 2019) was a German statesman, civil servant, diplomat and lawyer who served as the minister of Foreign affairs (1992–1998) and the vice-chancellor of Germany (1993–1998) in the government of Helmut Kohl. Kinkel was a career civil servant and a longtime aide to Hans-Dietrich Genscher, and served as his personal secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior from 1970 and in senior roles in the Foreign Office from 1974. He was President of Federal Intelligence Service from 1979 to 1982 and a state secretary in the Federal Ministry of Justice from 1982 to 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Klaus Kinkel has received more than 149,973 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Klaus Kinkel is the 7,340th most popular politician (down from 7,301st in 2019), the 2,067th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,099th in 2019) and the 622nd most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Klaus Kinkel ranks 7,340 out of 15,577Before him are George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, Walter V, Count of Brienne, Hayam Wuruk, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Peter Mutharika, and Jimena Díaz. After him are Hugh X of Lusignan, Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, Pedubast I, Cunimund, Dolon, and Duke Louis of Württemberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Klaus Kinkel ranks 140Before him are A. B. Yehoshua, Julio María Sanguinetti, Jacques Charrier, Ken Mattingly, Hifikepunye Pohamba, and Arend Lijphart. After him are Leonel Sánchez, Glenda Jackson, Philippe Sollers, Costas Simitis, Frances Shand Kydd, and Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho. Among people deceased in 2019, Klaus Kinkel ranks 114Before him are Dawda Jawara, Georgiy Daneliya, Branko Lustig, Monkey Punch, Gershon Kingsley, and Yukiya Amano. After him are Sue Lyon, Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, Rip Torn, Rafi Eitan, Kevin Roche, and Antoine Gizenga.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Klaus Kinkel ranks 2,067 out of 6,142Before him are Karl Frenzel (1911), Govert Flinck (1615), Karl Lachmann (1793), Carl Ludvig Engel (1778), Eduard Wirths (1909), and Wilhelm Beer (1797). After him are Otto Brunfels (1488), Joachim Schepke (1912), Hans Poelzig (1869), Louis of Nassau (1538), Magdalene of Bavaria (1587), and Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Klaus Kinkel ranks 622Before him are Albert Forster (1902), Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1857), Karl Eberhard Schöngarth (1903), Otto Henry, Elector Palatine (1502), Julius Dorpmüller (1869), and Herbert von Bismarck (1849). After him are Louis of Nassau (1538), Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789), Bertha of Sulzbach (1110), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach (1703), Christian the Younger of Brunswick (1599), and Georg Ebers (1837).