Ewald Bucher

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Bucher (2nd from right) 1964

Ewald Bucher (born July 19, 1914 in Rottenburg am Neckar ; † October 31, 1991 in Mutlangen ) was a German politician ( FDP / DVP , later CDU ). He was Federal Minister of Justice from 1962 to 1965 and Federal Minister for Housing and Urban Development from 1965 to 1966 .

education and profession

Bucher, who was of the Roman Catholic faith, first attended the Progymnasium in Rottenburg am Neckar and then the Realgymnasium in Schwäbisch Gmünd after primary school . After graduating from high school in 1933, he studied law in Tübingen and Munich , which he completed in 1937 with the first state examination in law. In 1941 the second state examination and his doctorate to Dr. jur. with the work Die Juristen in the Frankfurt National Assembly . From 1940 to 1944 he took part in World War II as a soldier , most recently as battery chief and lieutenant in the reserve.

From 1945 to 1953 Bucher worked as a lawyer in Schwäbisch Gmünd, where he was banned from practicing for 18 months due to denazification . In 1951 Bucher became managing director of the regional association of Württemberg trade and trading associations.

From 1967 to 1991 Bucher held senior positions in associations for urban development and the housing industry.

Political party

Bucher was a member of the NSDAP and the SA . In addition, from 1931 to 1933 he was a member of the NS student union and holder of the golden badge of the Hitler Youth .

In 1950 Bucher joined the DVP and in 1952 became district chairman in Schwäbisch Gmünd. In 1957 he was elected to the FDP federal executive committee. In the election of the German Federal President in 1964 , Bucher ran as a candidate for the FDP against the incumbent Heinrich Lübke . He lost with 123 votes in the first ballot.

In the context of the discussion about the Eastern Treaties , Bucher left the FDP / DVP in 1972. From 1984 he was a member of the CDU.

MP

From 1953 to 1969 Bucher was a member of the Bundestag . From the end of 1956 to December 13, 1962, he was parliamentary manager of the FDP parliamentary group . From 1957 until his appointment as Federal Minister in 1962, he was Deputy Chairman of the Legal Committee of the Bundestag.

In 1958, together with the SPD MPs Adolf Arndt , Holger Börner and Gustav Heinemann , he sued the Federal Constitutional Court in vain against decisions of the German Bundestag on speaking time limits. The parliament was represented by Karl Weber , who would later become his successor as Federal Minister of Justice.

Public offices

On December 11, 1962, Bucher was appointed Federal Minister of Justice in the federal government led by Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer . He kept this office under Federal Chancellor Ludwig Erhard .

Bucher was unable to prevail in the statute of limitations debate. The murders committed during the Nazi era were subject to the 20-year limitation period and thus could no longer have been prosecuted from May 8, 1965. Bucher considered the limitation periods to be substantive law and therefore not extendable at a later date, as this contradicts the principle of nulla poena sine lege . The relocation of the deadline from May 8, 1945 to January 1, 1950, which was enforced against his will, made it possible to pursue the Nazi murders for an initial five years. Because of this decision, Bucher resigned as Federal Minister of Justice on March 26, 1965.

After the federal election in 1965 he took over the management of the Federal Ministry for Housing and Urban Development on October 26, 1965 . On October 28, 1966, he resigned from his office together with the other FDP federal ministers.

Others

Bucher was temporarily a member of the board of trustees of the Wolf-Erich-Kellner Memorial Foundation .

Honors

In 1964, Bucher received the order against seriousness .

See also

Publications

  • The lawyers in the Frankfurt National Assembly , jur. Diss., Munich 1941.
  • Rule of law and democracy. In: From politics and contemporary history , year 1965, issue 21, pp. 3–9.
  • Loss of mandate when changing parties. In: Journal for Legal Policy . 4th vol., 1971, issue 8, p. 192.
  • Notes and memories (= members of the German Bundestag. Notes and memories. Vol. 7). Boldt, Boppard am Rhein 1990, ISBN 3-7646-1901-5 .

literature

  • Walter Henkels : 99 Bonn heads , reviewed and supplemented edition, Fischer-Bücherei, Frankfurt am Main 1965, p. 57f.
  • Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 1: A-M. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 108.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nazi crimes - statute of limitations: healthy people's feeling . In: Der Spiegel . No. 11 , 1965 ( online ).
  2. ^ German Bundestag, 17th electoral term, 204th session on November 8, 2012, PDF document 17/8134 Dealing with the Nazi past .
  3. ↑ Keyword: White-haired and Catholic . In: Der Spiegel . No. 24 , 1964 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Bucher, Ewald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (FDP, DVP, CDU), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Rottenburg am Neckar
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1991
Place of death Courageous