Gebhard Müller
Gebhard Müller | |
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Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg | |
In office 30 September 1953 – 9 December 1958 | |
President | Theodor Heuss |
Chancellor | Konrad Adenauer |
Preceded by | Reinhold Maier |
Succeeded by | Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
3rd President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany | |
In office 8 January 1959 – 8 December 1971 | |
Preceded by | Josef Wintrich |
Succeeded by | Ernst Benda |
Personal details | |
Born | CDU | 17 April 1900
Alma mater | University of Tübingen |
Gebhard Müller (17 April 1900 – 7 August 1990) was a German lawyer and politician (
.Early life
Gebhard Müller was the fifth child of a teacher from
Career
Müller served as a legal clerk at the local district court in Ludwigsburg, the regional court and the Office of
Legal and military service
In June 1929 he served as deputy judge of local court in Stuttgart and Tübingen, prior to an intermittent leave of absence from civil service, which allowed him, from 1930 to 1933, to work as a tax consultant to the administration of the
On 9 November 1938 the so-called
Political career and head of the Constitutional Court
After the war, Müller became the leader of the CDU in the provisional state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern in 1947, and soon won a seat to the assembly, situated in Bebenhausen Abbey. He thus came to head the state government from 1948, as the CDU dominated the elections in 1946 (with 42 seats out of 68).[3]
As Minister President, Müller signed the
Upon the joining of Baden and Württemberg into the significantly larger state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952, Müller's CDU became the predominant party and he replaced liberal Reinhold Maier as the Minister President. Müller retained this post until he returned to his legal career as he was appointed to head the Federal Constitutional Court, now placed relatively close in Karlsruhe. He kept this office for a full tenure of 12 years and subsequently retired. He lived long enough to witness the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, dying barely two months before reunification in 1990.[2]
References
- ISBN 978-0-8018-5824-6. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ a b ""Gebhard Müller 1900-1990, Christ - Jurist - Politiker"". www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de (in German). Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-00-005866-0. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ISBN 978-3-17-016897-8. Retrieved 27 April 2023.