Wolfgang Gerhardt
Wolfgang Gerhardt | |
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Gerhardt in 2016 | |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 22 November 2005 – 1 May 2006 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Angela Merkel |
| Succeeded by | Guido Westerwelle |
| Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the Bundestag | |
| In office 5 October 1998 – 1 May 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Hermann Otto Solms |
| Succeeded by | Guido Westerwelle |
| Leader of the Free Democratic Party | |
| In office 10 June 1995 – 4 May 2001 | |
| Deputy | Cornielia Schmatz-Jacobsen Jürgen Bohn Rainer Brüderle Cornelia Pieper Walter Döring |
| Preceded by | Klaus Kinkel |
| Succeeded by | Guido Westerwelle |
| Deputy Leader of the Free Democratic Party | |
| In office 23 February 1985 – 10 June 1995 | |
| Leader | Martin Bangemann Otto Graf Lambsdorff Klaus Kinkel |
| Preceded by | Jürgen Morlok |
| Succeeded by | Rainer Brüderle |
| Deputy Minister President of Hesse | |
| In office 24 April 1987 – 5 April 1991 | |
| Minister President | Walter Wallmann |
| Preceded by | Hans Krollmann |
| Succeeded by | Joschka Fischer |
| Representative of Hesse to the Federation | |
| In office 24 April 1987 – 5 April 1991 | |
| Minister President | Walter Wallmann |
| Preceded by | Willi Görlach |
| Succeeded by | Ulrike Rieder |
| Hessian Minister of Science and Art | |
| In office 24 April 1987 – 5 April 1991 | |
| Minister President | Walter Wallmann |
| Preceded by | Vera Rüdiger |
| Succeeded by | Evelies Mayer |
| Member of the Bundestag for Hesse | |
| In office 16 October 1994 – 22 September 2013 | |
| Constituency | Free Democratic List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 December 1943 Ulrichstein, Gau Hesse-Nassau, Greater German Reich |
| Died | 13 September 2024 (aged 80) Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany |
| Political party | German: Free Democratic Party EU: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
Wolfgang Gerhardt (31 December 1943 – 13 September 2024) was a German politician and the leader of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) from 1995 until he was succeeded by Guido Westerwelle in 2001.