Roman Herzog

Roman Herzog
Herzog in 2012
President of Germany
In office
1 July 1994 – 30 June 1999
Chancellor
Preceded byRichard von Weizsäcker
Succeeded byJohannes Rau
Federal Constitutional Court career
President of the
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
In office
16 November 1987 – 30 June 1994
Vice-President
Nominated byCDU/CSU
Preceded byWolfgang Zeidler
Succeeded byJutta Limbach
Vice-President of the
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
In office
20 December 1983 – 16 November 1987
President
Nominated byCDU/CSU
Appointed byBundestag
Preceded byWolfgang Zeidler
Succeeded byWolfgang Zeidler
Judge of the
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
for the First Senate
In office
20 December 1983 – 30 June 1994
Nominated byCDU/CSU
Appointed byBundestag
Preceded byErnst Benda
Succeeded byEvelyn Haas
Baden-Württemberg Politics
Minister of the Interior
In office
4 June 1982 – 4 October 1983
Minister-President
Preceded byGuntram Palm
Succeeded byHeinz Eyrich
Minister of Education and Sports
In office
11 May 1978 – 4 June 1982
Minister-President
Preceded byWilhelm Hahn
Succeeded byGerhard Mayer-Vorfelder
Member of the
Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
for Göppingen
In office
3 June 1980 – 4 October 1983
Preceded byFritz Frey
Succeeded byJosef Wilhelm Hauser
Personal details
Born(1934-04-05)5 April 1934
Landshut, Bavaria, Germany
Died10 January 2017(2017-01-10) (aged 82)
PartyChristian Democratic Union (1970–2017)
Spouses
(m. 1958; died 2000)
Alexandra Freifrau von Berlichingen
(m. 2001)
Children2
Alma materLudwig Maximilian University of Munich
Occupation
  • Judge
  • Politician
  • Civil Servant
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Roman Herzog (German: [ˈʁoːman ˈhɛʁtsoːk] ; 5 April 1934 – 10 January 2017) was a German politician, judge and legal scholar, who served as President of Germany from 1994 to 1999. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he was the first president to be elected after German reunification. He previously served as a judge of the Federal Constitutional Court, and he was president of the court 1987–1994. Before his appointment as a judge he was a professor of law. He received the 1997 Charlemagne Prize.