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Dirk Fischer is a German politician. He is a member of the CDU party. Between 1980 and 2017 Fischer was an MP of the German Bundestag as the representative for Hamburg Nord constituency. For many years he was transport policy spokesman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary faction. Fischer is also president of Hamburg Football Association (HFV) and a board member of German Football Association (DFB).

Tom Maniatis, is an American professor of molecular and cellular biology. He is a Professor at Columbia University, and serves as the Scientific Director and CEO of the New York Genome Center.

Günter Hirsch is a German legal scholar and a former president of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany.

Peter Zumthor is a Swiss architect whose work is frequently described as uncompromising and minimalist. Though managing a relatively small firm, he is the winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize and 2013 RIBA Royal Gold Medal.

Dieter Spöri is a German politician affiliated with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He has been the President of the European Movement Germany since 2006, and was Deputy Prime Minister and minister of Economic Affairs of the State of Baden-Württemberg from 1992 to 1996.