Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-03-21

Deathday

2016-03-31 (89 years old)

Birth Place

Reideburg,

Religion

Protestantism

Spouse

Barbara Genscher

Citizenships

, German Democratic Republic

Residences

Wachtberg,

Awards

Order of Merit of Portugal, Order of Christ, Steiger Award, Order of Merit of Sachsen-Anhalt, Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Order of Duke Trpimir, Hungarian Order of Merit, Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of , Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary, Princess of Asturias Awards, Order of Prince Henry, Order of the White Double Cross, Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, Order of the Three Stars, Order of Isabella the Catholic, Courage Award, Ring of Honour of the city Wuppertal, Erich-Kästner award, Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Golden Schlitzohr, Marion Dönhoff Award, Johann Heinrich Voß Prize for Literature, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of , Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of , Order of Karl Valentin, Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Orden wider den tierischen Ernst, Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Portugal, Order of the Three Stars, 2nd Class, Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of , Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, honorary citizen of Berlin, Leipzig International Mendelssohn Prize, Urania Medal, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ, M100 Media Award, Honorary doctor of the University of Szczecin, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, Freedom Prize, honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca, Grand Officer of the Order of the White Double Cross, Theodor Heuss Award, Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa, Reinhold Maier Medal, honorary doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Dostyk Order of grade II, Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class, honorary doctor of the Leipzig University