Gerhard Köhler (lawyer)

Gerhard Köhler (born May 30, 1937 ) is a doctor of law and a former German civil servant at the Federal Ministry of the Interior in Bonn . From 1990 to 1993 he was vice president of the Federal Criminal Police Office and later Secretary in the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media . As such he was on the board of trustees of the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany GmbH .

In his tenure at the BKA fell GSG-9 use in bath small one , during which the RAF - terrorist Wolfgang Grams and a GSG-9 - official were shot. Since the President of the BKA was on vacation at the time of the incidents, Köhler was initially primarily responsible. After the authorities were accused of failing to investigate, Köhler was released from his job on September 3, 1993 and transferred to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. It is possible that reports in early 1993 about deficiencies in the drug search in Latin America contributed to Köhler's resignation.

Köhler was married to the secondary school teacher Gertrud Köhler, with whom he has two daughters.

Individual evidence

↑ Communication and Public Relations Department: Participation Report 2002. p. 99 , accessed on 23 August 2019 .
↑ Oliver Schröm: Dangerous Mission: The Story of the Most Successful German Terrorist Investigator . Fischer, 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-31708-0 ( limited preview )
↑ Belated acquittal . In: Focus 40, October 4, 1993.
↑ Heads roll in the BKA . In: Focus 33, August 16, 1993.
↑ Chronology. In: CILIP Institute and Journal. Retrieved on August 23, 2019 (German).
↑ Rolling heads, the mishaps during the terrorist search are demanding new political victims . In: Der Spiegel . No. 36 , 1993, pp. 26 ( online ).
↑ Deficiencies in drug searches . In: Der Spiegel . No. 10 , 1993, p. 16 ( online ).

personal data
SURNAME	Koehler, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German civil servant, Vice President of the Federal Criminal Police Office
DATE OF BIRTH	May 30, 1937

[1] Communication and Public Relations Department: Participation Report 2002. p. 99 , accessed on 23 August 2019 .

[2] Oliver Schröm: Dangerous Mission: The Story of the Most Successful German Terrorist Investigator . Fischer, 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-31708-0 ( limited preview )

[3] Belated acquittal . In: Focus 40, October 4, 1993.

[4] Heads roll in the BKA . In: Focus 33, August 16, 1993.

[5] Chronology. In: CILIP Institute and Journal. Retrieved on August 23, 2019 (German).

[6] Rolling heads, the mishaps during the terrorist search are demanding new political victims . In: Der Spiegel . No. 36 , 1993, pp. 26 ( online ).

[7] Deficiencies in drug searches . In: Der Spiegel . No. 10 , 1993, p. 16 ( online ).