Wolfgang Gerhardt

Wolfgang Gerhardt
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	(1943-12-31)31 December 1943 Ulrichstein, Gau Hesse-Nassau, Greater German Reich
Died	13 September 2024(2024-09-13) (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.^[1]