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.

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 66)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Boar

Origin

Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany

Occupation

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

University

University of Göttingen

Awards & achievements

• 2018 honorary citizen of Goslar

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://sigmar-gabriel.de
• Xhttps://x.com/sigmargabriel
• 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

Tags

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

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.