Manfred Lahnstein

Manfred Lahnstein
Lahnstein in 1983
Federal Minister of Finance  Germany
In office 28 April 1982 – 4 October 1982
Preceded by	Hans Matthöfer
Succeeded by	Gerhard Stoltenberg
Federal Minister of Economics  Germany
In office 17 September 1982 – 4 October 1982
Preceded by	Otto Graf Lambsdorff
Succeeded by	Otto Graf Lambsdorff
Personal details
Born	20 December 1937 (1937-12-20) (age 73) Erkrath, Germany
Nationality	Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)

Manfred Lahnstein (born 20 December 1937 in Erkrath) is a German politician (SPD). In 1982 he was German Federal Minister of Finance as well as Federal Minister of Economics and until 2004 worked for the media conglomerate Bertelsmann.

Family

As the son of a country doctor in Erkrath Manfred Lahnstein grew up with three siblings. Manfred Lahnstein is married to Sonja Lahnstein-Kandel. They live in Hamburg and have one daughter and a son from his first marriage Lahnstein, the investment manager Florian Lahnstein.

Career

In 1982, Lahnstein became West Germany's Minister of Finance under Helmut Schmidt.^[1] To 1983 he was professional politician. In 1983 Manfred Lahnstein was recruited by Bertelsmann AG in Gütersloh, from the Bundestag. At Bertelsmann, he was initially on the board responsible for printing and industrial enterprises,^[2] and moved in 1994 as a member of the Supervisory Board. From 1998 to 2004 he worked for the Bertelsmann Group, as special representative of the Board.

From 1986 he is professor of culture and media management at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.

Since 1994 he heads in Hamburg the consulting firm Lahnstein & Partners, International Consultants.

Since 1996 he is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of one of Germany's largest private foundations, the ZEIT-Stiftung.

In February 2009 he was appointed to the Supervisory Board of the London-based investment company Berger Lahnstein Middelhoff & Partners LLP (BLM Partners).

Manfred Lahnstein is an adviser to the Saudi conglomerate Olayan Group and the investment bank Rothschild.

References

1. ^ "Schmidt Appoints Lahnstein To Post of Finance Minister". New York Times. 28 April 1982. http://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/28/world/schmidt-appoints-lahnstein-to-post-of-finance-minister.html. Retrieved 24 April 2010. 
2. ^ "German communications giant looks to U.S. for future growth". The Montreal Gazette: pp. A-14. 24 July 1984. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cZEjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=maUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1110,1292538&dq=manfred+lahnstein&hl=en. Retrieved 24 April 2010. 

External links

• [1] Curriculum vitae of Prof. Dres. h.c. Manfred Lahnstein on Bucerius Institute for Research.

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Name	Lahnstein, Manfred
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Date of birth	20 December 1937
Place of birth	Erkrath, Germany
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