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Oskar Lafontaine

1943 - Today

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Oskar Lafontaine (German pronunciation: [ˈɔskaʁ lafõˈtɛːn, -fɔnˈ-]; born 16 September 1943) is a German politician. He served as Minister-President of the state of Saarland from 1985 to 1998 and was federal leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1995 to 1999. He was the lead candidate for the SPD in the 1990 German federal election, but lost by a wide margin. He served as Minister of Finance under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder after the SPD's victory in the 1998 federal election, but resigned from both the ministry and Bundestag less than six months later, positioning himself as a popular opponent of Schröder's policies in the tabloid press. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oskar Lafontaine is the 4,387th most popular politician (down from 4,381st in 2019), the 1,143rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,188th in 2019) and the 328th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Oskar Lafontaine ranks 4,387 out of 19,576. Before him are Paul Langerhans, Emperor Houshao of Han, Paul P. Harris, Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus, and Gyula Horn. After him are Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, Hans Oster, Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, and Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Oskar Lafontaine ranks 89. Before him are Arthur Ashe, Yohji Yamamoto, Michael Palin, Richard Smalley, Barbara Bouchet, and Chantal Mouffe. After him are Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Mohammed Badie, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Rodney Alcala, Piet Keizer, and Roy Andersson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Oskar Lafontaine ranks 1,143 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Langerhans (1847), Rainer Weiss (1932), Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (1229), Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426), Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775), and Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887). After him are Lale Andersen (1905), Hans Oster (1887), Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709), Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), Erich Auerbach (1892), and Fritz Strassmann (1902).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Oskar Lafontaine ranks 328. Before him are Gustav Noske (1868), Emil Maurice (1897), Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen (1804), Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1803), Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (1786), and Paul Langerhans (1847). After him are Hans Oster (1887), Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709), Ernst Albrecht (1930), Sibylle of Cleves (1512), Emil Jellinek (1853), and Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen (1925).

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