He served as chairman of the council from April 2002 to March 2005.
[1] Born in Berlin, Wiegard studied at the University of Heidelberg, receiving his doctoral degree in economics in 1981.
Since 1999 Wiegard holds a tenured professorship in economics at the University of Regensburg.
[1] Wiegard is considered a strong proponent of neoclassical supply-side economics.
He is also a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.