Gabriel Sigmar

Sigmar Gabriel - German pro-Moscow politician, member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. President of the federal state of Lower Saxony (1999-2003). Minister for Environmental Protection, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (2005-2009). Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany since November 13, 2009. Vice Chancellor of Germany since December 17, 2013. Minister of Economics and Energy of Germany (2013-2017). Foreign Minister (2017-2018).

Date of Birth: 12.10.1959

Place of Birth. Education. Sigmar Gabriel was born on September 12, 1959, in Goslar. His mother was a nurse, his father a municipal official. After graduating from the local high school in Goslar in 1979, Sigmar Gabriel served for two years in the Bundeswehr. From 1982 to 1987, he studied sociology, political science, and German studies at the University of Göttingen. He later passed the exam to become a high school teacher. From 1989 to 1990, he was a teacher at an elementary school in Goslar.

Political Career. From 1976 to 1989, Sigmar Gabriel was active in the youth organization 'Socialist Youth of Germany - The Falcons'. He quickly became the chairman of the local association in Goslar and was later elected as the chairman of the district association in Braunschweig. The Braunschweig district association belonged to the Marxist wing of the organization.

From 1987 to 1998, Gabriel was a member of the district council of the Goslar district. From 1991 to 1999, he served as the mayor of Goslar.

From 1990 to 2005, Sigmar Gabriel was a member of the Lower Saxony State Parliament.

Since 1997, he has been the deputy chairman of the state parliament.

From 1998 to 1999 and from 2003 to 2005, Gabriel led the SPD parliamentary group in the state parliament. In 2005 and 2009, Sigmar Gabriel was a member of the Bundestag in the elections for the Salzgitter - Wolfenbüttel constituency.

After the resignation of the Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, Gerhard Glogowski, on December 15, 1999, Sigmar Gabriel took over his office. Following the regional elections in February 2003, the SPD lost to the CDU, and Gabriel resigned.

From 2003 to 2005, Gabriel was a member of the SPD's executive committee and simultaneously the deputy chairman of the SPD in Lower Saxony.

From 2005 to 2009, Gabriel was then Minister for Environmental Protection, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety in Angela Merkel's coalition government. After the defeat of the Social Democrats in the federal elections on September 27, 2009, the chairman of the SPD, Franz Müntefering, resigned.

On November 13, 2009, Sigmar Gabriel was elected as the chairman of the SPD at the party congress in Dresden, receiving 94.2% of the votes. In 2013, he re-entered the government as Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economics.

From January 27, 2017, to March 14, 2018, he was the German Foreign Minister.

Views. Statements. At the end of April 2012, Sigmar Gabriel urged German politicians to boycott the European Football Championship in Ukraine due to the treatment of former Prime Minister Julia Tymoshenko. In an interview with the popular German weekly newspaper 'Bild am Sonntag', Gabriel said: 'Politicians must be careful not to become regime supporters. They will likely sit next to prison inmates and members of the secret police in the stadium. When in doubt, it is better not to go there.'

On September 25, 2015, Gabriel suggested improving relations with Russia, as Moscow plays an important role in resolving the Syrian conflict: '... Everyone should understand that it is impossible to maintain sanctions for a long time on one hand and ask for cooperation on the other... ... we will have to change our stance towards Russia.'

In this context, he called the start of construction of the second Nord Stream pipeline the beginning of 'other and better relations'. To complete this improvement process of relations, in Gabriel's opinion, the sanctions imposed by the EU against Moscow should be lifted. In response to this proposal, Gabriel, the head of the German Federal Chancellery, Peter Altmaier, stated that the German government would continue its policy of sanctions against Russia, which were imposed in response to the annexation of Crimea and Moscow's role in the conflict in Donbass. Gabriel's proposal was also condemned by the leader of the Greens in the Bundestag, Marieluise Beck.

Family. His partner is a dentist, with whom he raises their daughter from a previous marriage.

06.10.2023