Gustav Höchsmann

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Gustav Höchsmann was a German lawyer .

Career

After studying law and political science at the German University in Prague in 1938, Höchsmann worked as a subject manager and head of various tax offices and as a consultant at the Frankfurt regional finance office. From 1958 he headed the personnel department of the Hessian Ministry of Finance until he was appointed President of the Hessian Court of Audit in January 1963 . In this role he was also President of the State Debt Committee.

Gustav Höchsmann became known to the general public on February 28, 1972 through a legal opinion in which he attested to the wife of Agriculture Minister Werner Best (SPD) that he had not violated substantive law when purchasing a share in an agricultural property. With special permission from the ministry, Ilse Best had acquired the arable and meadow land, which was basically reserved for farmers. The opposition CDU Hessen saw a courtesy report , but Best remained in office before resigning the following year after a toxic waste scandal.

In 1972 he retired. His successor as President of the Court of Auditors was Bodo Helmholz ( FDP ), previously a city councilor in Frankfurt am Main . As part of the formation of the Social Liberal Coalition , the Social Democrats had given their own party friends the presidency of the Oberfinanzdirektion and the Hessische Landesbank and in return promised the FDP to lead the audit office.

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Great Cross of Merit; in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 1, 1972, p. 49
  2. ↑ Minutes of the 17th meeting of the State Debt Committee on March 13, 1968 (PDF; 1.4 MB)
  3. ^ Court of Auditors relieves Minister Best - purchase of the estate by the Hessian Minister of Agriculture correct; in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 29, 1972, p. 4
  4. ↑ Helmholz 'choice is assured; in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 27, 1972, p. 39
  5. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 24, No. 238, December 20, 1972.
personal data
SURNAME Höchsmann, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century