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Heiko Josef Maas is a German politician who serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the fourth cabinet of Angela Merkel since 14 March 2018. He served as the Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection from 17 December 2013 to 14 March 2018. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party.

Maas was born in Saarlouis to a Catholic family, and is a lawyer. Before his appointment to the federal cabinet he was active in state politics in Saarland, where he served as Minister of the Environment, Energy and Transport , Minister of Economy, Labor, Energy and Transport and Deputy Minister-President .

✵ 19. September 1966
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“You cannot drag out Brexit for a decade.”

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Brexit: Tusk says UK MEPs could sit for 'months or longer' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47946256 BBC News (16 April 2019)

“When the limits of free speech are trespassed, when it is about criminal expressions, sedition, incitement to carry out criminal offences that threaten people, such content has to be deleted from the net, and we agree that as a rule this should be possible within 24 hours.”

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Facebook, Google, Twitter agree to delete hate speech in 24 hours: Germany https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-germany-internet/facebook-google-twitter-agree-to-delete-hate-speech-in-24-hours-germany-idUKKBN0TY27R20151215, Reuters, (15 Dec 2015)

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