Joschka Fischer

Joschka Fischer was German foreign minister and vice chancellor from 1998 to 2005. He was the second longest serving foreign minister in German post-war history. During his tenure, Minister Fischer supported the first German active military mission since the Second World War, with Germany's involvement in Kosovo, and supported German troops joining the NATO mission in Afghanistan. Joschka Fisher was one of the most influential leaders of the German Green movement and became the first-ever Green Party minister of the environment and energy, while holding the additional portfolios of federal affairs and deputy minister president. In 1994, Joschka Fischer became co-chairman of the Green Party's federal parliamentary faction. Joschka Fischer was a guest professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University from 2006-2007. He currently serves on the board of directors of the International Crisis Group and the European Council on Foreign Relations.