Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Frank-Walter Steinmeier (born 5 January 1956) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), and currently the leader of the opposition in the Bundestag. Steinmeier was a close aide of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, serving as Chief of Staff in the German Chancellery from 1999 to 2005. He subsequently served as Foreign Minister (2005-2009) and Vice Chancellor (2007-2009) in the grand coalition government of Angela Merkel. In 2008, he briefly served as acting chairman of his party.