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.