Joschka Fischer joins CFR, Princeton
August 24, 2006
Joschka Fischer, Former German Foreign Minister, to be Distinguished
Visiting Diplomat at the Council
Joschka Fischer, former minister of foreign affairs and vice
chancellor of Germany, will join the Council in the position of
distinguished visiting diplomat on September 5. Fischer will write
and speak on European and transatlantic issues, reflecting on his
career, contemporary issues, and challenges ahead. “We are pleased to
have someone of Joschka Fischer’s stature, experience, and knowledge
with us for the coming year. He will bring unique breadth and depth
to our consideration of transatlantic challenges and to international
issues more broadly,” said Council President Richard N. Haass.
Fischer served as Germany’s minister of foreign affairs and vice
chancellor from 1998 to 2005. Upon his appointment as minister of the
environment and energy for Hesse in 1985, he was the first member of
the Green Party to assume a government post. From 1987 to 1991,
Fischer served in various capacities in the Hessian State Assembly;
from 1991 to 1994 as Hessian minister for the environment, energy,
and federal affairs; and from 1994 to1998 as parliamentary spokesman
for the Green Party in the German Bundestag, the national parliament.
This fall, Fischer will also join Princeton University’s Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs as the Frederick H.
Schultz class of 1951 professor of international economic policy.