Ernst Benda
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Ernst Benda | |
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4th President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany | |
In office 8 December 1971 – 20 December 1983 | |
Preceded by | Gebhard Müller |
Succeeded by | Wolfgang Zeidler |
6th Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany | |
In office 2 April 1968 – 21 October 1969 | |
Preceded by | Paul Lücke |
Succeeded by | Hans-Dietrich Genscher |
Member of the Bundestag | |
In office 15 October 1957 – 8 December 1971 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Berlin, Germany | 15 January 1925
Died | 2 March 2009 CDU | (aged 84)
Alma mater | Free University of Berlin |
Ernst Benda (15 January 1925 – 2 March 2009) was a German legal scholar, politician, and judge. He was the fourth president of the
Benda was born in Berlin, the son of an engineer. After completing his schooling, he served in the Kriegsmarine from 1943 to 1945. After World War II, he pursued law studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin in East Berlin. However, in 1948, he moved to the University of Wisconsin and later to the Free University of Berlin in West Berlin. In 1956, he began working as a lawyer in Berlin.
Benda became a member of the
In 1969, Benda was appointed as a judge to the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. He became the president of the court from 1971 to 1983. Starting in 1984, Benda held the position of a professor of law at the University of Freiburg.
Awards and honours
- 1974 Grand Cross of Merit of the Italian Republic
- 1975 Grand Gold Medal with Ribbon for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 1983 Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1974 Honorary Doctorate from the Faculty of Law, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
- 1978 Honorary Professor at the University of Trier
- 1978 Pipe smoker of the year
- 1987 Heinz-Herbert Karry Prize
References
- ^ "Die Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages - 1.-13. Wahlperiode: Alphabetisches Gesamtverzeichnis; Stand: 28. Februar 1998" [The members of the German Bundestag - 1st - 13th term of office: Alphabetical complete index] (PDF). webarchiv.bundestag.de (in German). Deutscher Bundestag, Wissenschaftliche Dienste des Bundestages (WD 3/ZI 5). 1998-02-28. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
External links
Media related to Ernst Benda at Wikimedia Commons
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German)