of the Advisory Board (since 2006) Dussmann Verwaltungs AG, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2005) RiverRock, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2009) RSBK Strategie Beratung Kommunikation AG, Member of the Advisory Board Shepard Fox Communications, Chairman of the Advisory Board DIS AG, Member of the Supervisory Board (until 2016) Non-profits Ostinstitut Wismar, Chairman of the Board Bonner Akademie für Forschung und Lehre praktischer Politik (BAPP), Member of the Board of Trustees German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Member of the Advisory Council Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne, Member of the Advisory Board Institute for Energy, Economics and Energy Law at the University of Bochum, Board of Trustees Hertie School of Governance, Member of the Board of Trustees Friends of the Berlin State Opera, Member of the Board of Trustees Free Democratic Party (FDP), Member of the Business Forum Personal life Wolfgang Clement married his wife, Karin, in 1966 and went on to have five daughters and thirteen granddaughters. He died at his home in Bonn on 27 September 2020, at the age of 80. He had been suffering from lung cancer. Clement's work ethic was praised by colleagues across both sides of the aisle. Peer Steinbrück his successor as the President Minister of NRW, recollecting their time together in NRW, noted that he could work with a "sensationally low need for sleep" working at his desk until 11 PM before heading out to Rhöndorf in Düsseldorf's old town for Altbiers, before returning to work at 7AM. Der Spiegel noted that "Er könne zwölf Glas Bier schneller trinken als andere zwölf Korn." or that "he could drink twelve glasses of beer faster than others could drink twelve shots". He had also won a beer drinking contest, by downing a glass of Kölsch beer in 1.5 seconds at a German beer association ceremony in Cologne being held at the 487th anniversary of the Beer purity law, or Reinheitsgebot, in 2003. In his own words, the secret was "Man muss nur das Zäpfchen zurückklappen!" or that "You just have to fold back the uvula!" See also Hartz plan Agenda 2010 References External links "Wolfgang Clement – Prime Minister of North-Rhine Westphalia" – 1998 article at the World Socialist Web Site The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation 1940 births 2020 deaths Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Economy ministers of Germany Labor ministers