What is Manfred Lahnstein?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Manfred Lahnstein | image = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F064991-0014, Bonn, SPD-Pressekonferenz, Manfred Lahnstein (cropped).jpg | caption = Lahnstein in 1983 | office = [[Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)|Federal Minister of Finance]]<br/><small>([[West Germany]])</small> | term_start = 28 April 1982 | term_end = 4 October 1982 | predecessor = [[Hans Matthöfer]] | successor = [[Gerhard Stoltenberg]] | office2 = [[Federal Minister of Economics and Technology (Germany)|Federal Minister of Economics]]<br/><small>([[West Germany]])</small> | term_start2 = 17 September 1982 | term_end2 = 4 October 1982 | predecessor2 = [[Otto Graf Lambsdorff]] | successor2 = [[Otto Graf Lambsdorff]] | office3 = Member of the [[Bundestag]] |term_start3 = 29 March 1983 |term_end3 = 31 August 1983 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|12|20|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Erkrath]], Germany | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Social Democratic Party of Germany]] (SPD) | relations = | residence = | alma_mater = | profession = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Manfred Lahnstein''' (born 20 December 1937) is a German politician of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD). In 1982 he was German [[Federal Minister of Finance (Germany)|Federal Minister of Finance]] as well as [[Federal Minister of Economics and Technology (Germany)|Federal Minister of Economics]]. Until 2004, he worked for the media conglomerate [[Bertelsmann]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Die Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages - 1.-13. Wahlperiode: Alphabetisches Gesamtverzeichnis|url=http://webarchiv.bundestag.de/cgi/show.php?fileToLoad=627&id=12|date=28 February 1998|website=webarchiv.bundestag.de|publisher=Deutscher Bundestag, Verwaltung WD 3 / ZI 5|language=de |trans-title=The members of the German Bundestag - 1st - 13th term of office: Alphabetical complete index |ac