Corinna Werwigk-Hertneck

(1952-Alive). Free Democratic Party Minister of Justice of Bade=Wuerttemburg, 2002-2004. Resigned due to pending criminal prosecution.

Guido Westerwelle

(1961-Alive). Free Democratic Party Member of the Bundestag, 1996-Current. Free Democratic Party (General Secretary, 2001-Current).

Margrit Wetzel

(1950-Alive). Social Democratic Party Member of the Bundestag, 1990-1994, 1998-Current.

Willi Weyer

Minister of Finance and Vice Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, c. 1956. Minister of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, c. 1973. President, German Sports Federation, 1974-1986.

Annette Widmann-Mauz

(1966-Alive). Christian Democratic Union Member of the Bundestag, 1998-Current.

Rainer Wiegard

(1949-Alive). Christian Democratic Union Minister of Finance of Schleswig-Holstein, 2000-Current

Rainer Wieland

(1957-Alive). Christian Democratic Union Member of the European Parliament (Germany), 1997-Current

Wolfgang Wieland

(1948-Alive). Bundnis 90/Die Gruenen Member of the Bundestag, 2005-Current.

Otto Wiesheu

(1944-Alive). Christian Socialist Union Minister of Economic Affairs, Transport and Technology of Bavaria, 1993-2003; Minister of the Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, 2003-Current.

Heidemarie Wiezcorek-Zeul

(1942-Alive). Social Democratic Party Member of the European Parliament, 1979-1987. Social Democratic Party Member of the Bundestag, 1987-Current. Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Federal Republic of Germany, 1998-Current.

Kaiser Wilhelm I

(1797-1888). Born Wilhelm von Hohenzollern. Founder of the Second German Empire. Regent of Prussia, 1857-1861. King of Prussia, 1861-1888. Emperor of Germany, 1871-1888. Survived assassination attempt, 1878. Heavily under the influence of Otto von Bismarck.

Kaiser Wilhelm II

(1859-1941). Son of Emperor Frederick II and Victoria. Crowned 9th King of Prussia and Third Emperor of Germany, 1888. Served as Commander-in-Chief of the German Forces, WWI. Abdicated throne on November 9, 1918. Thereafter lived in exile in the Netherlands.

Hans Wilhelmi

(1899-1970). Christian Democratic Union Member of the Bundestag, 1957-1969. Minister of Economic Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany, 1960-1961. Praeses of the Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hesse and Nassau, 1946-1970.

Hermann Winkler

(April 22, 1963, Grimma, Germany-Alive). Christian Democratic Union Head of the State Chancellery of Saxony, Germany, 2004-2007.

Joseph Wirth

(1879-1956). Catholic Centre Party Member of Reichstag, 1914-1918. Minister of Finance of the Revolutionary Government of Baden, 1918-1919. Catholic Centre Party Reich Minister of Finance, 1920-1921. Catholic Centre Party Chancellor of Germany, 1921-1922. Left Catholic Centre Party, 1925. Social Democratic Party Reich Minister of the Occupied Territories, 1929-1930. Social Democratic Party Reich Minister of the Interior, 1930-1931. In exile during Nazi regime. Received Stalin Peace Prize, 1954.

Hans Juergen Wischnewski

(1922-2005). Social Democratic Party Member of the Bundestag, 1957-1990. Social Democratic Party Member of the European Parliament, 1961-1965. Minister of Economic Cooperation, Federal Republic of Germany, 1966-1968. Minister of State, Federal Republic of Germany, 1974-1979, 1982. Noted for successfully negotiating with the government of Somalia for permission for German anti-terrorist forces to storm a hijacked Lufthansa Boeing 737 in Mogadishu, 1977. The plane and its hostages were then freed through the resulting military operation.

Matthias Wissman

(1949-Alive). Christian Democratic Union Member of the Bundestag, 1976-Current. Minister for Research and Technology, Federal Republic of Germany, 1993; Minister for Traffic, Federal Republic of Germany, 1993-1998.