Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder

Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder
Mayer-Vorfelder in 2011
9th President of the DFB
In office
28 April 2001 (2001-04-28) – 8 September 2006 (2006-09-08)
Serving with executive president Theo Zwanziger (2004–2006)
Preceded byEgidius Braun
Succeeded byTheo Zwanziger
Member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from the district Stuttgart II
In office
3 June 1980 (1980-06-03) – 31 May 2001 (2001-05-31)
Minister of Finance of Baden-Württemberg
In office
13 January 1991 (1991-01-13) – 11 November 1998 (1998-11-11)
Prime MinisterErwin Teufel
Preceded byGuntram Palm
Succeeded byGerhard Stratthaus
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of Baden-Württemberg
In office
4 June 1980 (1980-06-04) – 13 January 1991 (1991-01-13)
Prime MinisterLothar Späth
Preceded byRoman Herzog
Succeeded byMarianne Schultz-Hector
Personal details
Born
Gerhard Mayer

(1933-03-03)3 March 1933
Mannheim, Weimar Republic
Died17 August 2015(2015-08-17) (aged 82)
Stuttgart, Germany
Political partyCDU

Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder ( Mayer; 3 March 1933 – 17 August 2015), often called "MV", was the Vice President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).[1] Prior to his UEFA career, Mayer-Vorfelder was a politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, and served in the state cabinet of Baden-Württemberg from 1976 to 1998. He was later president of German soccer club VfB Stuttgart, and the German Football Association.