
A former DDR referee, one of the few who made the switch from the Oberliga to the Budesliga, Bernd Heynemann started his career in 1980 and ended it in 2001. Nationally (2 countries) he took charge of 249 matches. Internationally he was active between 1989 and 1999.
MP
Now (2008) he not only writes for a sports magazine (kicker) but he is also an MP for the CDU, the Christian Democrats.