Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder (né Mayer; 3 March 1933 – 17 August 2015), often called "MV", was the Vice President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).
[1] Prior to his UEFA career, Mayer-Vorfelder was a politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, and served in the state cabinet of Baden-Württemberg from 1976 to 1998.
[3] In 2000, Mayer-Vorfelder succeeded Egidius Braun as president of the German Football Association.
[3] Narrowly surviving a vote of mistrust in 2004, he shared this duty with Theo Zwanziger until 2006.
[5] His son, Michael Mayer-Vorfelder, played 3 games for VfB Stuttgart.