Roman Herzog ( 5 April 1934 – 10 January 2017) was a German politician, judge and legal scholar, who served as 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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5 April 1934 Landshut, Germany
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Died |
10 January 2017 (aged 82) Jagsthausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Zodiac | Aries |
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