Hans Eichel

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Hans Eichel (born December 24, 1941), German politician (SPD), was Minister of Finance from 1999-2005.

[edit] Background

He was brought up in Kassel where he did his Abitur in 1961. He then completed a degree in German, philosophy, political science, history and education at the universities of Marburg and Berlin, graduating in 1970. After that, he worked as a teacher in a Kassel Gymnasium.

[edit] Political career

From 1975 to 1991, he was the mayor of Kassel, initially gaining the office at the age of only 33. From 1991 to 1999, he was Premier (Ministerpräsident) of Hesse, serving as President of the Bundesrat from November 1998 to April 1999. In 1999, he replaced Oskar Lafontaine as German finance minister after Lafontaine's resignation. He has been a member of the Bundestag since 2002.

At the beginning of his term of office, he tried to decrease the German federal deficit, but due to constraints by the cabinet and by the bad economic situation, he had to abandon these plans.

[edit] External links

• Website from Hans Eichel
• Biography by German Bundestag

Preceded by Walter Wallmann (CDU)	Minister-President of Hesse 1991 – 1999	Succeeded by Roland Koch (CDU)
Preceded by Oskar Lafontaine (SPD)	Minister of Finance of Germany 1999 – 2005	Succeeded by Peer Steinbrück (SPD)

v • d • e Presidents of the Bundesrat (Federal Council) Karl Arnold • Hans Ehard • Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf • Reinhold Maier • Georg August Zinn • Peter Altmeier • Kai-Uwe von Hassel • Kurt Sieveking • Willy Brandt • Wilhelm Kaisen • Franz-Josef Röder • Franz Meyers • Hans Ehard • Kurt Georg Kiesinger • Georg Diederichs • Georg August Zinn • Peter Altmeier • Helmut Lemke • Klaus Schütz • Herbert Weichmann • Franz-Josef Röder • Hans Koschnick • Heinz Kühn • Alfons Goppel • Hans Filbinger • Alfred Kubel • Albert Osswald • Bernhard Vogel • Gerhard Stoltenberg • Dietrich Stobbe • Hans-Ulrich Klose • Werner Zeyer • Hans Koschnick • Johannes Rau • Franz Josef Strauss • Lothar Späth • Ernst Albrecht • Holger Börner • Walter Wallmann • Bernhard Vogel • Björn Engholm • Walter Momper • Henning Voscherau • Alfred Gomolka • Berndt Seite • Oskar Lafontaine • Klaus Wedemeier • Johannes Rau • Edmund Stoiber • Erwin Teufel • Gerhard Schröder • Hans Eichel • Roland Koch • Kurt Biedenkopf • Kurt Beck • Klaus Wowereit • Wolfgang Böhmer • Dieter Althaus • Matthias Platzeck • Peter Harry Carstensen • Harald Ringstorff

v • d • e Ministers-President of Hesse People's State of Hesse (est. 1918) Carl Ulrich · Bernhard Adelung Nazi period (1933-1945) Ferdinand Werner · Philipp Wilhelm Jung Greater Hesse (1945-1946) Ludwig Bergsträsser · Karl Geiler Modern Hesse (since 1946) Christian Stock · Georg August Zinn · Albert Osswald · Holger Börner · Walter Wallmann · Hans Eichel · Roland Koch

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NAME	Eichel, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	German politician
DATE OF BIRTH	December 24, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kassel, Germany
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH