Von Kleist led the meetings until 1997; his successor who led them from 1999 until 2008 was politician and business manager Horst Teltschik (CDU).
冯·克莱斯特一直主持会议到1997年；从1999年到2008年，他的继任者，政治家和商务经理霍斯特·特尔切克（CDU）主持了会议。