Roman Herzog

Roman Herzog
Roman Herzog
	Herzog in 2012
President of Germany
	In office; 1 July 1994 – 30 June 1999
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl; Gerhard Schröder;
Preceded by	Richard von Weizsäcker
Succeeded by	Johannes Rau
Vice-President
Federal Constitutional Court career
President of the; Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
	In office; 16 November 1987 – 30 June 1994
Vice-President	Ernst Gottfried Mahrenholz; Jutta Limbach;
Nominated by	CDU/CSU
Preceded by	Wolfgang Zeidler
Succeeded by	Jutta Limbach
Vice-President of the; Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
	In office; 20 December 1983 – 16 November 1987
President	Wolfgang Zeidler;
Nominated by	CDU/CSU
Appointed by	Bundestag
Preceded by	Wolfgang Zeidler
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Zeidler
Judge of the; Federal Constitutional Court of Germany; for the First Senate
	In office; 20 December 1983 – 30 June 1994
Nominated by	CDU/CSU
Appointed by	Bundestag
Preceded by	Ernst Benda
Succeeded by	Evelyn Haas
Minister-President
Baden-Württemberg Politics
Minister of the Interior
	In office; 4 June 1982 – 4 October 1983
Minister-President	Lothar Späth;
Preceded by	Guntram Palm
Succeeded by	Heinz Eyrich
Minister of Education and Sports
	In office; 11 May 1978 – 4 June 1982
Minister-President	Hans Filbinger; Lothar Späth;
Preceded by	Wilhelm Hahn
Succeeded by	Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder
Member of the; Landtag of Baden-Württemberg ; for Göppingen
	In office; 3 June 1980 – 4 October 1983
Preceded by	Fritz Frey
Succeeded by	Josef Wilhelm Hauser
Personal details
Born	5 April 1934; Landshut, Bavaria, Nazi Germany
Died	10 January 2017 (aged 82); Jagsthausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Political party	Christian Democratic Union (1970–2017)
Spouses	; Christiane Krauß (m. 1958; died 2000) Alexandra Freifrau von Berlichingen (m. 2001)
Children	2
Alma mater	Ludwig 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 the president of Germany from 1994 to 1999. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he was the first president to be elected after the reunification of Germany. He previously served as a judge of the Federal Constitutional Court, and he was the President of the court 1987–1994. Before his appointment as a judge he was a professor of law. He received the 1997 Charlemagne Prize.