German politician, who has been chairman of the German cycling
association since March 2005.
Minister President of the West German Federal State Rhineland-Palatinate from 1991 to 1994.
Candidate for German Chancellorship in 1994; beaten by
Helmut Kohl.
German Defence Minister from 27 October 1998 to 18 July 2002.
After leading the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1993 to
1995, the party surprisingly chose Oskar Lafontaine to become its new
chairman.