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Oskar Lafontaine is a German politician, opinion journalist, peace activist, and physicist. Born in Saarlouis in 1943, he is a member of the Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft and has been affiliated with Die Linke, the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative, and the Party of Democratic Socialism. He has held the positions of President of the Bundesrat of Germany and member of the German Bundestag.
Lafontaine was educated at the University of Bonn and Saarland University. His work locations include Bonn and Saarbrücken, and he has been employed by Aargauische Kantonalbank. He speaks German and French, with German as his native language. A Catholic, he is married to Sahra Wagenknecht and has a medical history of prostate cancer.
He participated in the 2009, 2010, and 2017 German presidential elections. Additionally, he was a candidate in the 2012 and 2017 Saarland state elections.
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Film & TV
Saarlouis-Germany
Known for
- Oskar – Der linke Rebell — Self2022
- Gerhard Schröder - Schlage die Trommel — Self2020
- Wagenknecht — Self2020
- DDR - die entsorgte Republik — himself2019
- Die politische Intrige — Self2017
- Günther Jauch — Self2011
- Hamburg Journal — self2011
- Saartalk — self2010
- Aktueller Bericht — Self2010
- 2+Leif — himself2009
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Key facts
- General secretary
- Franz Müntefering Ottmar Schreiner
- Preceded by
- Rudolf Scharping
- Succeeded by
- Gerhard Schröder
- Chancellor
- Gerhard Schröder
- First vice president
- Berndt Seite
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Oskar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Saarlouis
- Occupation
- physicist
- Educated at
- Saarland University
- Employer
- Aargauische Kantonalbank
- Political party
- Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- German
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Participant in
- 2017 German presidential election
- Image
- Oskar Lafontaine 2024.jpg
- Work location
- Saarbrücken
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- member of
- Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft
- Commons category
- Oskar Lafontaine
- date of birth
- 1943-09-16
- medical condition
- prostate cancer
- biography at the Bundestag of Germany URL
- webarchiv.bundestag.de/archive/2013/1212/bundestag/abgeordnete17/biografien/L/lafontaine_oskar.html
- Commons gallery
- Oskar Lafontaine
- name in native language
- Oskar Lafontaine
- catalog code
- 11002715
- candidacy in election
- 2017 Saarland state election
- P10632
- Oskar Lafontaine
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Encyclopedic overview
Personal details Born (1943-09-16) 16 September 1943 82) Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany
PartyBSW (2023–present) Other political affiliations SPD (1966–2005) WASG (2005–2007) The Left (2007–2022) Independent (2022–2023) Spouses
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