former German Interior and Foreign Minister. From 1969 to 1974 he was Federal Minister of the Interior and from 1974 to 1992 almost without interruption Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany. From 1974 to 1985 he was National Chairman of the FDP. From 2001 to 2003 he was President of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). Dr. Genscher is Honorary President of the Network European Movement Germany and is a Freeman of Halle (Saale), his city of birth.