Wednesday, Apr-04-2007

The Honorable Joschka Fischer, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice Chancellor of Germany

Joschka Fischer, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice Chancellor of Germany

Remarks by Joschka Fischer on U.S.–European relations and the future of the Middle East. Fischer served as Germany’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice Chancellor from 1998 to 2005. During his seven-year tenure as foreign minister and the leading figure of the German Green Party, Mr. Fischer was the most popular politician in Germany and was widely respected for leading the "Greens" to the center stage of German politics. Upon his appointment as Minister of the Environment and Energy in the State Parliament of Hessen in 1985, he was the first member of the Green Party to assume a government post. From 1987 to 1991, Mr. Fischer served in various capacities in the Hessian State Assembly; from 1991 to 1994 as Hessian minister for the environment, energy, and federal affairs; and from 1994 to1998 as parliamentary spokesman for the Green Party in the German Bundestag, the national parliament.

This fall, Mr. Fischer joined Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs as the Frederick H. Schultz Class of 1951 Professor of International Economic Policy.

NOTE: Pre-payment is required. Cancellations must be made at least 48 hours in advance of a program in order to receive a refund.

Registration 5:45 PM, Program 6:30-7:30 PM,

Council Members and Cosponsors - $10,
Nonmembers - $20,
Student nonmembers - $5

Fairmont Hotel atop Nob Hill, Gold Room, 950 Mason Street, San Francisco

Cosponsored by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, San Francisco, The San Francisco Eric M. Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany and The Pacific Council on International Policy