Graf Lambsdorff Joins International Advisory Panel
Dr. Richard von Weizsäcker, who had served as International Advisor to the Praemium Imperiale since 1998, retired from the post after the 2006 Awards Ceremony and continues to serve as Honorary Advisor. He was succeeded by Dr. Otto Graf Lambsdorff.
Dr. Graf Lambsdorff was born in 1926. He served as Member of the German Bundestag (1972-1998), and as German Federal Minister of Economic Affairs (1977-1984). He was European Chairman of the Trilateral Commission (1992-2001) and Chairman of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (1995-2006).