Role German Politician Preceded by Klaus Kinkel Party Free Democratic Party | Political party FDP Succeeded by Guido Westerwelle Name Wolfgang Gerhardt | |
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Born December 31, 1943 (age 80)
Ulrichstein, Germany ( 1943-12-31 ) | ||
Constituency Hessen list (no. 01) | ||
Wolfgang gerhardt comments on khodorkovsky case
Wolfgang Gerhardt (born 31 December 1943 in Ulrichstein) is a German politician and was the leader of the FDP from 1995 until he was succeeded by Guido Westerwelle in 2001.
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- Wolfgang gerhardt comments on khodorkovsky case
- Political career
- Corporate boards
- Non profits
- Personal life
- References
Political career
Gerhardt was a member of the Member of the Landtag of Hesse from 1978 until 1994. Between 1987 and 1991, he served as State Minister for Science and Culture and Deputy Minister-President in the state government of Minister-President Walter Wallmann of Hesse. In this capacity, he was one of the state’s representatives on the Bundesrat.
From 2002 until 2012, Gerhardt was Vice President of Liberal International (LI), under the leadership of successive presidents Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck (2002-2005), John Alderdice (2005-2009), and Hans van Baalen (2009-2011).
Ahead of the 2005 national elections, Gerhard was billed as a possible foreign minister in a new centre-right coalition with the Christian Democrats; instead, newly elected Chancellor Angela Merkel entered a coalition with the Social Democratic Party. Gerhardt was succeeded as chairman of the FDP parliamentary group by Westerwelle in 2006. Between 2006 and 2013, he served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Since 2006, Gerhardt has been serving as chairman of the board of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.
Corporate boards
Non-profits
Personal life
Gerhardt is married and has two children.