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.
Švarc-Šiling, 75, bio je ministar telekomunikacija i pošte u periodu od 1982. do 1992. godine kada je podneo ostavku u tadašnjoj vladi Helmuta Kola u znak protesta zbog njenog propusta da interveniše u sukobu koji je počinjao u BiH.