A statesman, politician, and strategic consultant who served as Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1998 to 2005.
During his political career, he played a central role in leading the Alliance 90/The Greens to its inaugural coalition governments at both the state level in Hesse and the federal level. Following his tenure in government, he held a guest professorship at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University from 2006 to 2007. He is a founding partner of the international strategy consulting firm Joschka Fischer & Company.