Guido Westerwelle (27 December 1961 - 18 March 2016) was a
German politician who served as Foreign Minister in the second
cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and as Vice Chancellor of
Germany from 2009 to 2011.
He was the first openly gay person to hold any of these
positions. He was also the chairman of the Free Democratic Party of
Germany (FDP) from May 2001 until he stepped down in 2011.