Günther Erkel
Günther Erkel (born December 9, 1924 in Wiesbaden ; † December 5, 1993 in Bonn ) was a German legal scholar and State Secretary .
biography
During the Second World War he served as a soldier in the Wehrmacht from 1942 to 1945 and was taken prisoner there . After his release from captivity, he began studying law at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main in 1946 and passed his first state examination in 1950 . After receiving his doctorate in law in 1952, he passed the second state examination in 1953.
He then became a judge in the district of the Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt am Main in 1953 and then joined the Hessian Ministry of Justice in 1957 , where he was initially an advisor for public law . After his appointment to the government council in 1958, he became a consultant for civil law and civil procedure law . After his promotion to the Upper Government Council in 1960 he became deputy head of the civil law department.
In 1965 he became a consultant for legislation and individual matters in the fields of civil law with subsidiary laws, as well as competition law , copyright and patent law . At the same time, in this function, he was also deputy head of the public law department and was promoted to Ministerialrat in 1966 .
In 1967 he was appointed President of the Giessen Regional Court and held this office until 1970. In 1970 he moved to the Federal Ministry of Justice , where he was initially head of a department as ministerial director.
In 1971, Erkel, who was a member of the SPD , became State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Justice and held this office until the end of the Social-Liberal Coalition in 1982.
In his tenure, the negotiations fell to the GDR via a legal assistance treaties in 1974, but also the suicide of RAF - terrorists in prison Stuttgart -Stammheim.
In his capacity as Secretary of State he signed in 1978 next to the Secretary of State in the Foreign Office Günther van Well and US Ambassador Walter J. Stoessel, Jr. , among others, the extradition treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States .
Honors
- 1975: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1978: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1982: Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
Publications
In addition to his professional career, Erkel was also the author of several specialist books and commentaries. The publications include:
- Günther Erkel: "Form book litigation and enforcement", Bonn 1959
- Hans-Otto de Boor / Günther Erkel: "Civil Procedure Law", Wiesbaden 1961
- Hans-Otto de Boor / Günther Erkel: " Foreclosure . Bankruptcy and settlement ", Wiesbaden 1962
- Günther Erkel, Reinhard Appel , Otto Theisen , Karl Peters : "Criminal law protection of information sources in the press and radio", lecture event on June 6th and 7th, 1975, Volume 19, Munich 1975
- Günther Erkel: "" Insolvency law results of current legal facts research ", in: One hundred years bankruptcy regulation, 1977, p. 295
Web links
- Günther Erkel in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Individual evidence
- ↑ DER SPIEGEL: "Ostpolitik: Moscow is getting impatient" (January 21, 1974)
- ↑ FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU: "" Not depressed. Pastors reported on the last meeting with Gudrun Enss "(November 15, 1977) ( Memento from October 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Extradition agreement between Germany and the USA
- ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 31, No. 45, March 6, 1979.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erkel, Günther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and State Secretary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesbaden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th December 1993 |
| Place of death | Bonn |