Sigmar Gabriel

Sigmar Gabriel is one of those German political figures whose longevity tells the story. Leading the Social Democratic Party from 2009 to 2017 made him its longest-serving chairman since Willy Brandt, and that comparison alone signals weight. He served as vice-chancellor and later foreign minister, so he operated at the very top of German government for years. What interests me is the path: a former secondary school teacher from Goslar in Lower Saxony who became a non-fiction author too. Being named an honorary citizen of his hometown in 2018 feels fitting — the local boy who reached the national stage and was claimed back.

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Name (English)

Sigmar Gabriel

Name (Japanese)

ジグマール・ガブリエル

Reading

じぐまーる・がぶりえる

Born

September 12, 1959 (age 67)

Origin

Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany

Occupation

politician / non-fiction writer / temporary career soldier / secondary school teacher

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Boar

University

University of Göttingen

Awards & achievements

• 2018 honorary citizen of Goslar

• Official sitehttps://sigmar-gabriel.de
• Xhttps://x.com/sigmargabriel
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmar%20Gabriel
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B0%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160902

Tags

• Lower Saxony
• politician
• non-fiction writer
• temporary career soldier

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.