Career
From 1978 until 1982, he was also deputy minister of the Finance Ministry of the German Federal Republic (Parliamentarischer Staatssekretär).
From 1978 until 1982, he was also deputy minister of the Finance Ministry of the German Federal Republic (Parliamentarischer Staatssekretär).
He was a member of the Social Democratic Party (Social Democratic Party of Germany). Before becoming Mayor, he was a member of the German parliament (Bundestag) between 1972 and 1982.