Oskar Lafontaine (German pronunciation: [ˈlafɔntɛn]; born 16 September 1943) is a German politician. He served as Minister-President of the state of Saarland...

profile was greatly boosted when former federal Minister of Finance Oskar Lafontaine, who had left the SPD after the North Rhine-Westphalia election, joined...

including "Lafontaine" Oskar Lafontaine (born 1943), German politician Lafontaine, Ontario, Canada Lafontaine, Quebec, Canada LaFontaine, a provincial...

die Selbstbehauptung Europas is a 2022 book by the German politician Oskar Lafontaine. The book is critical of NATO and the United States. The title is adapted...

was the new Left Party, led by Gregor Gysi and former SPD chairman Oskar Lafontaine, which won 8.7% of votes and 54 seats. The CDU/CSU and SPD both rejected...

and had its first national convention from 6 May until 8 May 2005. Oskar Lafontaine, a former major figure on the left wing of the SPD, joined the new...

playwright Oskar Kolberg (1814–1890), Polish ethnographer, folklorist, and composer Oskar Lafontaine (born 1943), German politician Oskar Loorits (1900–1961)...

Hochzeit: Oskar Lafontaine und Sahra Wagenknecht haben geheiratet Archived 20 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine (Secret wedding: Oskar Lafontaine and Sahra...

resignation of Oskar Lafontaine as Leader of the Social Democratic Party in March 1999, in protest at Schröder's adoption of a number of what Lafontaine considered...

a centrist candidate, in contradiction to the leftist SPD chairman Oskar Lafontaine. The Kohl government was hurt at the polls by slower economic growth...

Online. Retrieved 23 April 2018. GRASSMANN, PHILIP (16 November 1995). "Oskar Lafontaine stürzt Scharping". DIE WELT. Retrieved 23 April 2018. "Größen der Sozialdemokratie"...

1987–1991 5 Björn Engholm 1991–1993 6 Rudolf Scharping 1993–1995 7 Oskar Lafontaine 1995–1999 8 Gerhard Schröder 1999–2004 9 Franz Müntefering (1st term)...

representation. These include Lothar Bisky, Katja Kipping, Oskar Lafontaine, and Paul Schäfer. Besides Lafontaine, a number of other prominent SPD defectors won election...

Shortly after the formation of the government, Minister of Finance Oskar Lafontaine, a former SPD chairman and rival of Schröder, resigned from the cabinet...

and video artist Oskar Lafontaine (born 1943), German politician Pablo Lafontaine (fl. 2001–2005), Puerto Rican politician Pat LaFontaine (born 1965), ice...

his campaign, he included his long-term rivals Gerhard Schröder and Oskar Lafontaine in his shadow cabinet. He made social justice the centerpiece of his...

preferred by some voters, although the lines were, for example, crossed by Oskar Lafontaine, who used a term previously associated with the Nazi Party, Fremdarbeiter...

SPD, Oskar Lafontaine, who had fallen out with the SPD. There is a common oath in the SPD not to form coalitions with the Left, because of Lafontaine.[citation...

v t e LINKE Speaker: Gregor Gysi and Oskar Lafontaine Members: Aydın Bartsch Binder Bisky Bluhm Bulling-Schröter Bunge Claus Dağdelen Dehm Dreibus Enkelmann...

chancellorship for a sixth term. The two contenders for the SPD nomination were Oskar Lafontaine, the party's chairman, and Gerhard Schröder, Minister-President of...

and relied on campaigning with other SPD leaders and rivals such as Oskar Lafontaine and Gerhard Schröder, both self-confident and outspoken, in a "troika"...

included feuds surrounding the position on Afghanistan, the former leader Oskar Lafontaine, who advised voting against his party in the Saarland due to alleged...

Béjarano (1924–2021), survivor of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz Oskar Lafontaine (born 1943), politician (SPD, The Left) Rainer Rupp (born 1945), spy...

v t e LINKE Speaker: Gregor Gysi and Oskar Lafontaine Members: Aydın Bartsch Binder Bisky Bluhm Bulling-Schröter Bunge Claus Dağdelen Dehm Dreibus Enkelmann...

11.2pp 4.8pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Candidate Gregor Gysi & Oskar Lafontaine Jürgen Trittin & Renate Künast Party Left Greens Last election 8.7%...

Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Oskar Lafontaine was returned with a reduced majority and continued in office. The table...

(b. 1939) CSU 21 April 1989 27 October 1998 Kohl (III • IV • V) 15 Oskar Lafontaine (b. 1943) SPD 27 October 1998 18 March 1999 Schröder (I) 16 Hans Eichel...

Bundesrat (1989–1990) Berndt Seite, President of the Bundesrat (1992) Oskar Lafontaine, President of the Bundesrat (1992–1993) Klaus Wedemeier, President...

followed by the PDS with 12 percent and the CDU with 11 percent. Oskar Lafontaine, who had been elected as the West German SPD's Chancellor candidate...

increased its support of Kohl's policies, as it feared that otherwise Oskar Lafontaine, a critic of NATO, might become Chancellor. Horst Teltschik, Kohl's...