Philipp Rösler is FDP chairman, having succeeded Guido Westerwelle, the party's second-longest serving chairman, in May 2011.

The FDP supports gay rights ; former party leader Guido Westerwelle is openly gay.

Guido Westerwelle (; born 27 December 1961 ) is a German liberal politician, who, since 28 October 2009, has served as the Foreign Minister in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel, and who was Vice Chancellor of Germany from 2009 to 2011.

Michael Mronz ( Born March 1, 1967 in Cologne ) is a German sports manager and longtime partner of German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle.

The current office holder is Guido Westerwelle.

Westerwelle himself, who was made party chairman particularly because his predecessor Wolfgang Gerhardt had been viewed by many as dull and stiff, has labelled his approach as Spaßpolitik ( fun politics ) in the past.

Die Linke has twice nominated Beate Klarsfeld for the Federal Cross of Merit, but the foreign ministers Joschka Fischer and Guido Westerwelle did not approve her.

In response to this non legally-binding direction, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said it " has nothing to do with any other cases in the world " including Cyprus.

Since 2009, Guido Westerwelle has served as Foreign Minister, and Werner Hoyer and Cornelia Pieper as Ministers of State.

Guido Westerwelle was born in Bad Honnef in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

In July 2011 Westerwelle was the President of the United Nations Security Council as he headed the German delegation to the United Nations.

In January 2010, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle demonstrated the same respect when he concluded his visit to Japan with a visit of the shrine.

Michael Mronz ( left ) and his longtime partner, German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle ( 2009 )

The Reding initiative led a group of foreign affairs ministers of the European Union to put together a reflection group animated by the German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle on the future of Europe.

France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and minister of culture and communications Frédéric Mitterrand, German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle, Canadian government, Finnish Green MP Rosa Meriläinen and Human Rights Watch have condemned the arrest.

Also, German politician and leader of the Free Democratic Party Guido Westerwelle was born in Bad Honnef.

In an interview in February 2003, Westerwelle described trade unions as a " plague on our country " and said union officials were " the pall bearers of the welfare state and of the prosperity in our country ".

Westerwelle, the youngest party chairman at the time, emphasized economics and education, and espoused a strategy initiated by his deputy Jürgen Möllemann, who, as chairman of the North Rhine-Westphalia branch of party, had led his party back into the state parliament, gaining 9. 8 % of the vote.

FDP leader Guido Westerwelle became the unofficial leader of the opposition by virtue of the FDP's position as the largest opposition party in the Bundestag.

On election night party leader Westerwelle said his party would work to ensure that civil liberties were respected and that Germany got an " equitable tax system and better education opportunities.

Westerwelle stepped down as party leader in 2011 after the party was wiped out in Saxony-Anhalt, Rhineland-Palatinate and lost half its seats in Baden-Württemberg.

Angela Merkel was re-elected as chancellor, and Guido Westerwelle served as the Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany.

Because of the losses Guido Westerwelle had to resign as chair of the FDP in favor of Philipp Rösler, Federal Minister of Health, who was consequently appointed as vice chancellor.

Westerwelle joined the FDP in 1980.

In 1996, Westerwelle was first elected a member of the Bundestag, filling in for Heinz Lanfermann, who had resigned from his seat after entering the Ministry of Justice.

In 1998, Westerwelle was re-elected to parliament.

In the federal elections of 2005, Westerwelle was his party's frontrunner.

When neither Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's Social Democrats and Greens nor a coalition of Christian and Free Democrats, favored by Angela Merkel and Westerwelle, managed to gain a majority of seats, Westerwelle rejected overtures by Chancellor Schröder to save his chancellorship by entering his coalition, preferring to become one of the leaders of the disparate opposition of the subsequently formed " Grand Coalition " of Christian and Social Democrats, with Merkel as Chancellor.

Westerwelle became a vocal critic of the new government.

In 2006, according to an internal agreement, Westerwelle succeeded Wolfgang Gerhardt as chairman of the parliamentary group.

In the federal elections of 2009, Westerwelle committed his party to a coalition with Dr Merkel's CDU / CSU, ruling out a coalition with Social Democrats and Greens, and led his party to unprecedented 14. 6 %.

Westerwelle then stepped down as party leader.

By July the party was only receiving 3 % support in opinion polls, a record low, reflecting what political insiders had called his " last stand " in January, comparing Westerwelle and his party to Captain Ahab and the Pequod.

From actions aboard, it is easy to guess that Spencer's boast of twenty staunch followers was a modest estimate ''.

In a historical or geopolitical sense the term usually refers collectively to Christian majority countries or countries in which Christianity dominates or was a territorial phenomenon .“ Christendom is originally a medieval concept steadily to have evolved since the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the gradual rise of the Papacy more in religio-temporal implication practically during and after the reign of Charlemagne ; and the concept let itself to be lulled in the minds of the staunch believers to the archetype of a holy religious space inhabited by Christians, blessed by God, the Heavenly Father, ruled by Christ through the Church and protected by the Spirit-body of Christ ; no wonder, this concept, as included the whole of Europe and then the expanding Christian territories on earth, strengthened the roots of Romance of the greatness of Christianity in the world .”

He is a staunch opponent of Turkey's integration into the European Union, claiming that its non-Christian culture would dilute the Union.

He remained to the end a staunch Catholic, though all Chemnitz had gone over to the Lutheran creed, and it is said that his life was ended by a fit of apoplexy brought on by a heated discussion with a Protestant divine.

He is a staunch believer in a free society, who utilizes shock value and advocates direct action and pranksterism in the name of political causes.

Spacey is a staunch Democrat and a friend of former US President Bill Clinton, having met Clinton before his presidency began.

too often those principles which give consistency, individuality, and form to the Northern character, which render it staunch, strong, and seaworthy, which bind it together as with iron, are drawn out, one by one, like the bolts of the ill-fitted vessel, and from the miserable, loosened fragments is formed that human anomaly -- a Northern man with Southern principles.

There is tension between community radio stations, many of which were staunch opponents of the 22 June coup, and the new government due to changes in the recently amended Telecommunications law that could adversely affect the future of community radio stations, many of which are poorly funded and not yet in possession of broadcasting licences.

He is replaced by the staunch catholic Francis of Wartenberg.

supporter, Alf Garnett, but ironically, his real life persona is quite different, being a left-winger, Jewish, and a staunch supporter of Tottenham Hotspur F. C.

Bishop Robert Gordon, a staunch Jacobite whose house in Theobald's Row was one of Charles's safe-houses for the visit is the most likely to have performed the communion, and a chapel in Gray's Inn was suggested as the venue as early as 1788 Magazine, 1788.

It is known for its staunch left-liberal stance on domestic and foreign issues.

It has been noted that Sarandon is often at odds with her mother, Leonora Tomalin, in regard to her political beliefs as Tomalin is a staunch Republican, a supporter of George W. Bush and the Iraq War.

He is a staunch critic of the Warren Commission and offered $ 1 million for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the assassin of John F. Kennedy.

Cadfael is on good terms with people on both sides of the English war ; his best friend Hugh is a staunch supporter of King Stephen, and his son Olivier is just as much committed to the Empress Maud.

The country's form of government is a dictatorship, under the rule of ailing president " Papa " Monzano, who is a staunch ally of the United States and a fierce opponent of communism.

He has his apologists and staunch devotees within the Hindu traditions, some of whom believe that his description as a ten-headed person ( Daśamukha or Daśagrīva ) is a reference to him possessing a very thorough knowledge over the 4 Vedas and 6 Upanishads, which made him as powerful as 10 scholars.

DeVito is a staunch Democrat, and a supporter of the OneVoice Movement, a non-profit organization that strives to help moderate Israelis and Palestinians to take a more assertive role in resolving the Israeli – Palestinian conflict.

Four years later, the former director and a once staunch advocate of the school declared, " The Mansfield Training School is closed: the swamp has finally been drained.

The home field is named Virgil Scheiwe field in honor of a former player who was a staunch supporter to his death.