Children: Christine (b. 1971), Hans-Jörg (b. 1974), Juliane (b. 1976)
and Anna (b. 1981).
Head of the Chancellery of the Federal Republic of Germany
(1984-1989)
Federal German Minister of the Interior (1989 to 1991 and 2005 to 2009).
Survived an attempted assassination during an
election speech when a mentally ill patient shot at him and has been
bound to a wheel-chair ever since. (October 12, 1990)