Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber is a German politician who served as the 16th minister-president of the state of Bavaria between 1993 and 2007 and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU) between 1999 and 2007. In 2002,he ran for the office of Chancellor of Germany in the federal election,and in one of the narrowest elections in German history lost against Gerhard Schröder. On 18 January 2007,he announced that he would step down as minister-president and as party chairman by 30 September,after having been under fire in his own party for weeks.
Jürgen Trittin is a German Green politician who served as Minister for the Environment,Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005.
Otto Georg Schily is a former Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany,his tenure was from 1998 to 2005,in the cabinet of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
Hans Eichel is a German politician (SPD) and the co-founder of the G20,or "Group of Twenty",an international forum for the governments and central bank governors of twenty developed and developing nations to discuss policy issues pertaining to the promotion of international financial stability.
Wolfgang Clement was a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He was the 7th Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 27 May 1998 to 22 October 2002 and Federal Minister of Economics and Labour from 2002 to 2005. He was an Honorary Member of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation.
Matthias Wissmann is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the president of the German Automobile Industry Association (VdA) from 2007 until 2018.
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul is a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 1965.
Brigitte Zypries is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Between 2017 and 2018,she served as Minister for Economics and Energy in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel;she was the first woman to hold that office in German history.
Wolfgang Tiefensee is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was the Federal Minister for Transport,Building and Urban Development in the grand coalition cabinet led by Angela Merkel between 2005 and 2009. Since 2014,he has been the State Minister of Economy,Science and the Digital Society in the government of Thuringia's Minister-President Bodo Ramelow.
Ursula "Ulla" Schmidt is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). From 2001 to 2009 she was Federal Minister of Health in the German Government. Between 2013 and 2017,she served as Vice-President of the German Bundestag.
Wolfgang Gerhardt is a German politician and was the leader of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) from 1995 until he was succeeded by Guido Westerwelle in 2001.
Ruprecht Polenz is a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) political party.
Roland Berger is a German entrepreneur,consultant and philanthropist.
Walter Riester is a German politician of the SPD and former Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.
Rüdiger Grube is a German engineer who served as the chairman of the board of Deutsche Bahn from 2009 until 2017 and as the chairman of EADS from 2007 until 2009.
Gerhard Fritz Kurt "Gerd" Schröder is a German former politician who was the chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. From 1999 to 2004,he was also the Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). As chancellor,he led a coalition government of the SPD and Alliance 90/The Greens. Since leaving public office,Schröder has worked for Russian state-owned energy companies,including Nord Stream AG,Rosneft,and Gazprom.
Norbert Barthle is a German politician of the Christian Democratic (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from 1998 until 2021,representing Backnang –Schwäbisch Gmünd.
Barbara Anne Hendricks is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as Federal Minister for the Environment,Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2013 until 2018.
Winfried Hermann is a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens. From 1998 to 2011 he was an MP of the German Bundestag. Since 2011 he has been State Minister of Transport in the Cabinets Kretschmann I and II. From 1992 to 1997 he was chairman of The Greens in Baden-Württemberg.
Lars Klingbeil is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as the party's Co-Leader since 2021,together with Saskia Esken.
