Hans Matthöfer

Hans Matthöfer
Matthöfer in 1981
Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications
In office
28 April 1982  4 October 1982
Preceded byKurt Gscheidle
Succeeded byChristian Schwarz-Schilling
Federal Minister of Finance
In office
16 February 1978  28 April 1982
Preceded byHans Apel
Succeeded byManfred Lahnstein
Federal Minister of Research and Technology
In office
16 May 1974  16 February 1978
Preceded byHorst Ehmke
Succeeded byVolker Hauff
Personal details
Born(1925-09-25)25 September 1925
Bochum, Prussia, German Reich
Died14 November 2009(2009-11-14) (aged 84)
Berlin, Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)

Hans Hermann Matthöfer (25 September 1925 – 14 November 2009) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Between 1974 and 1978 Matthöfer served as secretary of research and technology. In 1978 he took over as federal minister of finance and in 1982 he left that post and served briefly as Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications. After his party lost power in 1983 he gave up all positions in the German government.