Trivia

Politician (Federal Republic of Germany)

Served in the West German Army, the Bundeswehr.

Minister-President of Lower Saxony (1999-2003).

Specialist for pop matters in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) (2003).

Federal German Minister for environment, nature conservation and nuclear safety (2005-2009).

Member of the City Council of Goslar (1991-1999)

Federal German Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy (2013-2017).

Federal German Minister for Foreign Affairs (2017-2018).

Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany - SPD (2009-2017).

Pledged repeatedly for militarizing European Union Politics, by choosing the metaphor that EU should quit "vegetarianism" and become "carnivorous" (sic).