page_title: List of Free University of Berlin people
section_title: Politicians
hierarchical_section_title: List of Free University of Berlin people / Alumni / Politicians
caption_attribution_description: Foto nach der Aufzeichnung des Kölner Treffs, eine Fernsehsendung des Westdeutschen Rundfunks English: Klaus Wowereit Deutsch: Klaus Wowereit
context_page_description: A list of Free University of Berlin people. Alumni and faculty of the Free University include many scientists, philosophers and politicians, amongst them five Nobel Prize winners and 19 Leibniz laureates.
context_section_description: Andrea Fischer, Federal Ministry of Health (1998–2001)
  Annette Groth, politician in the German Left Party
  Devendra Fadnavis, 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra State in India.
  Eberhard Diepgen, Mayor of (West) Berlin (1984–1989, 1991–2001)
  Fritz Teufel, political activist in the 1960s, founder of Kommune 1
  Günter Rexrodt, Economics Minister of Germany (1993–1998)
  Hans Eichel, Federal Ministry of Finance (1999–2005)
  Hans-Christian Ströbele, vice-leader of the German Green Party in the Bundestag
  Hans-Jürgen Papier, Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (2002–2010)
  Helga Zepp-LaRouche, German political activist, wife of American political activist Lyndon LaRouche
  Herta Däubler-Gmelin, Justice Minister of Germany (1998–2002)
  Ingeborg Gräßle, Member of the European Parliament
  Jan-Marco Luczak, politician and lawyer
  Jutta Limbach, President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (1994–2002), President of Goethe-Instituts (2002–2008)
  Klaus Hänsch, President of the European Parliament (1994–1997)
  Klaus Uwe Benneter, German politician
  Mario Laserna Pinzón, Colombian politician
  Marion Caspers-Merk, politician
  Otto Schily, Federal Ministry of the Interior (1998–2005)
  Leon Schreiber, South African academic, author and politician
  Vassilios Skouris, President of the Court of Justice of the European Communities (since 2003)
  Walter Momper, Mayor of West Berlin (1989–1991)
caption: Klaus Wowereit, Governing Mayor of Berlin from 2001 to 2014
exif: {"Image Tag 0x000B": "Windows Photo Editor 10.0.10011.16384", "Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon EOS 60D", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Windows Photo Editor 10.0.10011.16384", "Image DateTime": "2019:06:15 07:45:08", "Image Artist": "Schlappal", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image Copyright": "Schlappal CC-BY-SA 3.0", "Image ExifOffset": "2408", "Image Padding": "[]", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "96", "Thumbnail YResolution": "96", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "5570", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "8122", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/60", "EXIF FNumber": "28/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "400", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF RecommendedExposureIndex": "400", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2012:02:24 20:43:59", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2012:02:24 20:43:59", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "6", "EXIF ApertureValue": "5", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash fired, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "184", "EXIF SubSecTime": "33", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "33", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "33", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "5184", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3456", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "5282", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "1036800/181", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "691200/119", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "2", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF CameraOwnerName": "Schlappal", "EXIF BodySerialNumber": "0480241588", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[28, 300, 0/0, 0/0]", "EXIF LensModel": "28-300mm", "EXIF LensSerialNumber": "0000000000", "EXIF Padding": "[]"}