Overview
- The Federal President is marking his birthday privately with family, according to his office.
- Germany's twelfth head of state was elected by the Federal Assembly in February 2017 and confirmed for a second term in February 2022.
- His career spans service as Gerhard Schröder’s close aide and chancellery chief and two terms as foreign minister under Angela Merkel.
- After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he acknowledged his support for Nord Stream 2 as a mistake, and a planned visit to Kyiv was rejected by Ukrainian authorities.
- He remains well regarded in polls and has focused his presidency on democratic cohesion, including his "Ortszeit Deutschland" outreach series.