What is Hans-Dietrich Genscher?
{{Infobox Officeholder | name = Hans-Dietrich Genscher | image = Genscher-19-09-2013.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Hans-Dietrich Genscher, 2013 | office = [[Vice-Chancellor of Germany]] | term_start = 1 October 1982 | term_end = 17 May 1992 | predecessor = [[Egon Franke (politician)|Egon Franke]] | successor = [[Jürgen Möllemann]] | term_start2 = 17 May 1974 | term_end2 = 17 September 1982 | predecessor2 = [[Walter Scheel]] | successor2 = [[Egon Franke (politician)|Egon Franke]] | office3 = [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)|Foreign Minister of Germany]] | term_start3 = 1 October 1982 | term_end3 = 17 May 1992 | predecessor3 = [[Helmut Schmidt]] ''(acting)'' | successor3 = [[Klaus Kinkel]] | term_start4 = 17 May 1974 | term_end4 = 17 September 1982 | predecessor4 = [[Walter Scheel]] | successor4 = [[Helmut Schmidt]] ''(acting)'' | office5 = [[Minister of the Interior of Germany]] | term_start5 = 22 October 1969 | term_end5 = 16 May 1974 | predecessor5 = [[Ernst Benda]] | successor5 = [[Werner Maihofer]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|03|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Reideburg]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] | death_date ={{death date and age|2016|3|31|1927|03|21|df=y}} | death_place = [[Wachtberg]], Germany | party = [[Free Democratic Party of Germany]] (1952–2016) | otherparty = [[Nazi Party]] (1945)<br>[[Liberal Democratic Party of Germany]] (GDR) (1946–52) | spouse = [[Barbara Schmidt Genscher]] | occupation = Politician }} '''Hans-Dietrich Genscher''' (21 March 1927 &ndash; 31 March 2016) was a [[Germans|German]] [[politician]]. ==Early life== Genscher was born at Reideburg, near [[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt|Halle]]. Genscher served in [[World War II]] from 1943 to 1945. He joined the [[Nazi Party]] at the age of 18. After the [[war]], he [[Education|studied]] [[economics]] and [[law]] in Halle and [[Leipzig]]. He joined the [[East Germany|East German]] [[Liberal Democratic