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Oskar Lafontaine ((:ˈlafɔntɛn); born 16 September 1943) is a German politician who served in the government of Germany as Minister of Finance from 1998 to 1999. Previously he was Minister-President of the state of Saarland from 1985 to 1998, and he was also Chairman of the Social Democratic Party from 1995 to 1999. Beginning in 2007, Lafontaine was co-chairman of The Left. After being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2009, he announced his resignation from federal political functions in January 2010, citing health reasons. ==Family and education== Lafontaine was born in Saarlouis into a family of craftsmen. His father, Hans Lafontaine, was a professional baker and was killed serving in World War II. He spent his childhood living with his mother, Katharina (née Ferner), and his twin brother, Hans, in Dillingen. He attended a Catholic episcopal boarding institution in Prüm and there was educated at the Regino-Gymnasium, a public school. He left school in 1962 and received a scholarship from Cusanuswerk, the scholarship body of the Catholic Church in Germany, to study physics at the universities of Bonn and Saarland. Lafontaine graduated in 1969; his thesis concerned the production of barium titanate crystals. He worked for ''Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft'' Saarbrücken until 1974, serving on its board from 1971. Lafontaine has been married three times and has two sons by his second and third wives. In November 2011, Lafontaine officially presented fellow politician Sahra Wagenknecht as his new girlfriend, who is 26 years his junior.〔(Lafontaine und Wagenknecht – Linke Liebe ). sueddeutsche.de, 12 November 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2012.〕 He is a non-practising Catholic.〔(Deutscher Bundestag: Lafontaine, Oskar ), bundestag.de; accessed 16 September 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oskar Lafontaine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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