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How long did Guido Westerwelle serve in the Bundestag?

  • 1996 to 2013

  • 1991 to 2006

  • 2002 to 2015

  • 1987 to 2009

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Guido Westerwelle served in the Bundestag for 17 years, from 1996 to 2013. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and served as the party's leader from 2002 to 2011. In 2009, he was elected Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel. He resigned from these positions in 2011 after being diagnosed with cancer. Westerwelle died in 2016.
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