Roman Herzog
President of Germany from 1994 to 1999 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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In office 1 July 1994 – 30 June 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preceded by | Richard von Weizsäcker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Johannes Rau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1934-04-05)5 April 1934 Landshut, Bavaria, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 January 2017(2017-01-10) (aged 82) Jagsthausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Christian Democratic Union (1970–2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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