Schwarz-Schilling, 75, served as telecommunications and postal service minister from 1982 to 1992, when he resigned from then Chancellor Helmut Kohl's government, in protest over its failure to intervene in the unfolding conflict in BiH.
Schwarz-Schilling, 75, bio je ministar telekomunikacija i pošte u razdoblju od 1982. do 1992. godine kada je podnio ostavku u tadašnjoj vladi Helmuta Kohla u znak prosvjeda zbog njezina propusta da intervenira u sukobu koji je započinjao u BiH.