Friedhelm Farthmann
Friedhelm Farthmann was a German academic and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served in the Bundestag from 1971 to 1976 and in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1980 to 2000.
Farthmann was minister of labour, health and social '' in North Rhine-Westphalia from 1975 to 1985, and leader of the SPD fraction in the Landtag from 1985 to 1995.
Farthmann died on 9 December 2024, at the age of 94.