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Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas
Heiko Maas took over as Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs on 14 March 2018.
Curriculum vitae
Heiko Maas has been Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs since 14 March 2018.
Born in Saarlouis on 19 September 1966
1987: University entrance qualification
1988: Employee at Ford plant in Saarlouis
1989 - 1993: Read law at the University of Saarland, First state law examination
1994-1996 and 1999-2013: Member of the Saarland Landtag
1996: Second state law examination
1996 - 1998: State Secretary at the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Transport in Saarland
1998 - 1999: Minister of Environment, Energy and Transport in Saarland
1999 - 2012: Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in Saarland
2000 - 2018: Chairman of the SPD Saar
2012 - 2013: Minister of Economics, Labour, Energy and Transport; and Deputy Minister-President of Saarland
2013 - 2018: Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection
since 14.03.2018: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
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