First Name: Peer
Title: Federal Minster of Finance
Date of Birth: 10/01/1947
Spouses: Married (current)
Children: Three children (unknown)
Education: 1968 Abitur (German equivalent to A-Levels), military service 1970 - 1974 Studied Economics and Social Science at Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel
CV: Since November 2005 Federal Minister of Finance2002 - 2005 Minister-President of the federal state (Land) of North Rhine-Westphalia2002 Member of the State Assembly of North Rhine-Westphalia2000 - 2002 Minister of Finance of the federal state (Land) of North Rhine-Westphalia1998 - 2000 Minister of Economics and SMEs, Technology and Transport of the federal state (Land) of North Rhine-Westphalia1993 - 1998 Minister of Economics, Technology and Transport of the federal state (Land) of Schleswig-Holstein1992 - 1993 State Secretary in the Ministry of Economics, Technology and Transport of the federal state (Land) of Schleswig-Holstein1990 - 1992 State Secretary in the Ministry for Nature, the Environment and Regional Development of the federal state (Land) of Schleswig-Holstein1986 - 1990 Head of the office of the Minister-President of the federal state (Land) of North Rhine-Westphalia, Johannes Rau1974 - 1986 Active as Assistant Head of Division in federal ministries and in the Federal ChancellerySince 1969 Member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD)