Hans Eichel (left) with Laurent Fabius

Hans Eichel (born December 24, 1941) is a German politician (SPD), was Minister of Finance from 1999-2005. <a href="http://www.gamesarcade.net/free-online-games/fire/fire.asp">Free online games from www.gamesarcade.net</a> Download high resolution version (1500x1028, 151 KB)German Finance Minister Hans Eichel and French Finance Minister Laurent Fabius at the IMFC conference in Prague, 2000. ... Download high resolution version (1500x1028, 151 KB)German Finance Minister Hans Eichel and French Finance Minister Laurent Fabius at the IMFC conference in Prague, 2000. ... Laurent Fabius (born August 20, 1946) is a former prime minister of France. ... Image File history File links Example. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... SPD redirects here. ... The Minister of Finance is the member of the Cabinet of Germany in charge of the Ministry of Finance. ...

Background

He was brought up in Kassel where he did his Abitur in 1961. He then completed a degree in German, philosophy, political science, history and education at the universities of Marburg and Berlin, graduating in 1970. After that, he worked as a teacher in a Kassel Gymnasium. Watershed of the river Weser Kassel (until 1926 officially Cassel) is a city situated along the Fulda River, one of the two sources of the Weser river, in northern Hessen in west-central Germany. ... Abitur is the word commonly used in Germany for the final exams young adults (aged 18 or 19) take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Philosopher (detail), by Rembrandt Philosophy is a study that includes various diverse subfields such as aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and metaphysics. ... Political science is a social science discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: History For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... Marburg is a city in Hesse, Germany, on the Lahn river. ... (help· info), IPA: , is the capital city as well as a state of Germany, and also the countrys largest city. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... A gymnasium is a type of school of secondary education in parts of Europe. ...

Political career

From 1975 till 1991, he was the mayor of Kassel, initially gaining the office at the age of only 33. From 1991 to 1999, he was Prime Minister (Ministerpräsident) of Hesse. In 1999, he replaced Oskar Lafontaine as German finance minister after Lafontaine's resignation. He has been a member of the Bundestag since 2002. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Hesse (German: Hessen) is one of Germanys sixteen federal states (Bundesländer) and has an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. ... Oskar Lafontaine Oskar Lafontaine (born September 16, 1943 in Saarlouis-Roden) is a left-wing German politician and a leading member of the Left Party. ... The Bundestag (Federal Diet) is the parliament of Germany. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ...

At the beginning of his term of office, he tried to decrease the German federal deficit, but due to constraints by the cabinet and by the bad economic situation, he had to abandon these plans.