Makes Tomorrow’s World A Better Place — Frank-Walter Steinmeier
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orn in Detmold, West Germany, son of a carpenter (father) and Polish refugee
(mother), Frank-Walter Steinmeier has received the Order of Merit of the
Italian Republic (OMRI), Order of Prince Henry, a Portuguese order of
knighthood (GColIH), Order of Merit (GCM), “a Portuguese Honorific Order of
civil merit intended to award those responsible for meritorious acts or
services performed in the exercise of any functions, both in the public and the
private sphere, which reveal self-sacrifice in favor of the community.”
His service in politics and government in addition to his present
position as Germany’s president (March 19, 2017 - )
- · Minister for Foreign Affairs (twice) 2005-2009, 2013-2017
- · Vice-Chancellor 2007-2009
- · Bundestag Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD Group) October 27, 2009 – December 16, 2013
- · Leader (acting) of the Social Democratic Party September 7, 2008 – October 18, 2008
- · Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party October 26, 2007 –November 13, 2009
- · Chief of the Federal Chancellery July 31, 1999 –November 22, 2005
- · Member of the Bundestag for Brandenburg an der Havel September 27, 2009 –March 19, 2017
- · Chairman-in-office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 2016.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier studied law and political science at the Justus
Liebig University Giessen and worked as a scientific assistant to the professor
of public law and political science at Giessen University before taking his doctorate
of Law.
His dissertation explored the role of the state in the prevention of homelessness.
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xcerpt from President Frank-Walter
Steinmeier’s April 2 2020 op-ed “Global alliance to fight the pandemic”“Nations are turning inward as they try to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, closing borders, and imposing drastic executive measures in a retreat which risks leaving every country fending for itself.
[But] we can contain
and counter COVID-19 more effectively by knocking down the barriers that hinder
knowledge exchange and co-operation.
There is a central
lesson to be learnt from human experience: nearly all plagues that took their
toll on humankind – tuberculosis, smallpox, Ebola, AIDS – have been defeated by
modern medicine providing therapies and vaccines. Shared knowledge and
accelerated research driven by a global network of scientists will also provide
the ultimate answer to our current predicament.
We are confident
that if we pool our knowledge and our efforts we can and will be saved by human
ingenuity.
Let us accomplish
this in a spirit of solidarity, caring for everyone, be they poor or rich, old
or young, woman or man. It will save lives. It will bring out the best in all
of us. And it will make tomorrow’s world a better place.
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xcerpt from an April 11 2020, DW news story quoting President Frank-Walter
Steinmeier’s Address to His Nation
We do not want to become an anxious or
distrustful society. We can be a society with more trust, more consideration,
and more confidence.
This pandemic is not
a war.
Nations are not
against other nations [or] soldiers against other soldiers.
This is a
test of our humanity.
How things will
continue and when and how restrictions can be relaxed will not be decided by
politicians and experts alone.
The solidarity [shown]
… every day, now …, will require all the more in the future.
Sources
Wikipedia “Frank-Walter Steinmeier.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank-Walter_Steinmeier
Steinmeier, Frank-Walter. “Op-ed
for the FT: ‘Global alliance to fight the pandemic.’” Financial Times. April 2,
2020. http://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Berichte/EN/Frank-Walter-Steinmeier/2020/200401-Op-ed-Financial-Times.html
DW. “Coronavirus crisis: Germany’s president addresses
nation.” April 11, 2020. https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-president-calls-for-patience-solidarity-in-face-of-pandemic/a-53095804
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