Original: Oskar Lafontaine ( ; born September 16 , 1943 , Saarlouis ) is a German politician , former German finance minister , former chairman of the Social Democratic Party and former prime minister of the state of Saarland .
Simplified: Oskar Lafontaine ( ; born September 16 , 1943 in Saarlouis-Roden ) is a left-wing German politician and a founder member of the new political party Die Linke .