Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder | |
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9th President of the DFB | |
In office 28 April 2001 – 8 September 2006 Serving with executive president Theo Zwanziger (2004–2006) | |
Preceded by | Egidius Braun |
Succeeded by | Theo Zwanziger |
Member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from the district Stuttgart II | |
In office 3 June 1980 – 31 May 2001 | |
Minister of Finance of Baden-Württemberg | |
In office 13 January 1991 – 11 November 1998 | |
Prime Minister | Erwin Teufel |
Preceded by | Guntram Palm |
Succeeded by | Gerhard Stratthaus |
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of Baden-Württemberg | |
In office 4 June 1980 – 13 January 1991 | |
Prime Minister | Lothar Späth |
Preceded by | Roman Herzog |
Succeeded by | Marianne Schultz-Hector |
Personal details | |
Born | Gerhard Mayer 3 March 1933 Mannheim, Weimar Republic |
Died | 17 August 2015 Stuttgart, Germany | (aged 82)
Political party | CDU |
Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder (né 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.