Bonn - In May, stands at the next Federal President. Even Peter van den Berg (65) is curious to see who it is - it remains Horst Köhler, or it will Gesine Schwan?
Previously, he was still tense, because the Bornheimer drove from 1972 to 1996 five different bosses - the President Gustav Heinemann (1969 to 1974), Walter Scheel (1974 to 1979), Karl tens Cars (1979 to 1984), Richard von Weizsäcker (1984 - 1994) and Roman Herzog (1994 to 1999).
How is the driver of the President? "I knew the personal assistant of Heinemann, he recommended me." And then he completed special driving courses and safety training. "But can things like privacy and discretion can not learn that you have to bring that."
Had many wonderful experiences van den Berg, how many trips abroad, where he was with the delegation of the President. "Particularly impressive was the visit to Walter Scheel to Pope Paul VI. in the Vatican. "
But the driver took his "bosses" not only to work. With Roman Herzog, he had also controlling one or the other snack bar. The Federal President a sweet tooth? "I would say it this way: He was a great lover of food." Diplomatic we can not express well.
