Hole. In 1980, Albrecht launched a campaign for election as Chancellor, but he lost out to fellow conservative Franz-Josef Strauß. Albrecht did not contest the 1990 state elections. Instead, then-President of the Bundestag and Göttingen Member of the German Bundestag Rita Süssmuth was lead candidate. They had an agreement whereby, if re-elected, Albrecht would continue as Minister-President until 1992, then Süssmuth would take over. Süssmuth lost the 1990 state elections to Gerhard Schröder, who later became Chancellor. Personal life Albrecht married Heidi Adele Stromeyer (1928–2002) in 1953. They had seven children, among them politician Ursula von der Leyen and Hans-Holger Albrecht, President & CEO of the international telecom and media group Deezer. A daughter died at age 11 and one son at age 49 of cancer. His brother was George Alexander Albrecht, a conductor. Ernst Albrecht had Alzheimer's disease since 2003, which was announced to the public in 2008. He died at the age of 84 in Burgdorf in December 2014. Ancestry References 1930 births 2014 deaths People from Osterholz People from the Province of Hanover Presidents of the German Bundesrat German Lutherans Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians Ministers-President of Lower Saxony Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Cornell University alumni German people of American descent German people of English descent 20th-century Lutherans Albrecht family