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
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
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	(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)
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.