chancellor predecessor successor birth_place party office primeminister birth_date term_start birthname image article_title term_end name
gerhard schröder gerhard schröder klaus gerhardt wolfgang gerhardt -lrb- agent of federal affairs -rrb- kinkel klaus kinkel position established karlheinz weimar wolfgang franz rupert von plottnitz rupert von plottnitz rupert von plottnitz müntefering frank-walter steinmeier armin clauss -lrb- acting -rrb- gerabronn , germany alliance ' 90/the greens vice of environment and energy of hesse deputy minister-president of hesse chancellor minister of federal affairs of hesse of germany minister for foreign affairs minister holger börner hans eichel hans eichel hans eichel 12 april 1948 27 5 april 1991 5 april 1991 5 april 1991 october 1998 27 october 1998 12 december 1985 joseph martin fischer joschka fischer 2014.jpg joschka fischer
 22 5 october 1994 5 october 1994 5 october 1994 november 2005 22 november 2005 9 february 1987 joschka fischer
joschka fischer

joseph martin `` joschka '' fischer -lrb- born 12 april 1948 -rrb- is a german politician of the alliance ' 90/the greens .
he served as foreign minister and vice chancellor of germany in the cabinet of gerhard schröder from 1998 to 2005 .
fischer has been a leading figure in the west german greens since the 1970s , and according to opinion polls , he was the most popular politician in germany for most of the government 's duration .
following the september 2005 election , in which the schröder government was defeated , he left office on november 22 , 2005 .
in september 2010 he supported the creation of the spinelli group , a europarliamentarian initiative founded with a view to reinvigorate the strive for federalisation of the european union .
