Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder
| image = Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder 2011.jpg
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| caption = Mayer-Vorfelder in 2011
| office = 9th President of the DFB
| term_start = {{Start date|df=y|2001|4|28}}
| term_end = {{End date|df=y|2006|9|8}}
| alongside = executive president Theo Zwanziger (2004–2006)
| predecessor = Egidius Braun
| successor = Theo Zwanziger
| office2 = Member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from the district Stuttgart II
| term_start2 = {{Start date|df=y|1980|6|3}}
| term_end2 = {{End date|df=y|2001|5|31}}
| office3 = Minister of Finance of Baden-Württemberg
| term_start3 = {{Start date|df=y|1991|1|13}}
| term_end3 = {{End date|df=y|1998|11|11}}
| primeminister3 = Erwin Teufel
| predecessor3 = Guntram Palm
| successor3 = Gerhard Stratthaus
| office4 = Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of Baden-Württemberg
| term_start4 = {{Start date|df=y|1980|6|4}}
| term_end4 = {{End date|df=y|1991|1|13}}
| primeminister4 = Lothar Späth
| predecessor4 = Roman Herzog
| successor4 = Marianne Schultz-Hector
| party = CDU
| birth_name = Gerhard Mayer
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1933|3|3}}
| birth_place = Mannheim, Weimar Republic
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2015|8|17|1933|3|3}}
| death_place = Stuttgart, Germany
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Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder ({{ne|Mayer}}; 3 March 1933 – 17 August 2015), often called "MV", was the Vice President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6343999.stm Taylor in talks over top Uefa job] Prior to his UEFA career, Mayer-Vorfelder was a politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, and served in the state cabinet of Baden-Württemberg from 1976 to 1998. He was later president of German soccer club VfB Stuttgart, and the German Football Association.
Biography
Mayer-Vorfelder was born in Mannheim, and studied at the university of Freiburg, and Heidelberg University, graduating with a law degree in 1959.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070705213415/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/members/people=37436.html Mayer-Vorfelder's FIFA page] A CDU politician, he joined the government of Baden-Württemberg and was appointed permanent secretary at the State Ministry Baden-Württemberg with the rank of a cabinet member in 1976. From 1980 to 1991, he was Minister of Culture and Sports, and Minister of Finance from 1991 to 1998. He was also member of the German Bundesrat during that period. He is a co-founder of the Hans Filbinger Foundation.
Parallel to his CDU career, Mayer-Vorfelder entered the soccer world. In 1975, he became president of VfB Stuttgart, a position he held until 2000.[https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=11013 Ein Mann des Ausgleichs - Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder (2001-2006)] In 2000, Mayer-Vorfelder succeeded Egidius Braun as president of the German Football Association. Narrowly surviving a vote of mistrust in 2004, he shared this duty with Theo Zwanziger until 2006. Mayer-Vorfelder died on 17 August 2015.{{cite news|title=Früherer DFB-Chef Mayer-Vorfelder ist tot|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/-frueherer-dfb-chef-mayer-vorfelder-ist-tot-1.2610186|accessdate=18 August 2015|publisher=Süddeutsche Zeitung|date=18 August 2015|language=German}}
Personal life
Mayer-Vorfelder was married to Margit Deutschle.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wochenblatt-online.de/artikel_897882.html |title=Kaiserwetter für Regenten |access-date=2007-11-20 |archive-date=2011-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719114211/http://www.wochenblatt-online.de/artikel_897882.html |url-status=dead }} His son, Michael Mayer-Vorfelder, played 3 games for VfB Stuttgart.[http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/mayervorfeldermichael/ Michael Mayer-Vorfelder] On his FIFA page, Mayer-Vorfelder stated that his all-time favourite player was Franz Beckenbauer, and that the German Miracle of Bern World Cup win of 1954 was his favourite match.
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111117140303/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/bodies/members/people=37436.html Mayer-Vorfelder's FIFA page]
- [https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=11013 Mayer-Vorfelder's DFB page]
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Category:Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
Category:Politicians from Mannheim
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg