Hans Kilb

Hans Kilb (born May 15, 1910 - † November 17, 1984 ) was a German lawyer . Konrad Adenauer's personal advisor hit the headlines in the 1950s because of a bribery affair.

Career

During World War II he served as a major in the reserve. In 1951 he became the personal assistant to State Secretary Walther Gase in the Federal Ministry for the Marshall Plan and was then from 1951 to 1958 Konrad Adenauer's personal assistant . This was followed by a position from 1958 to 1967 as a director at the EURATOM Commission and from 1967 to 1974 as a director at the EC Commission .

The "Kilb Case"

In September 1958 he was charged with bribing himself with rental cars and was arrested. He resigned from his office as personal advisor to Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer . The 1st Large Criminal Chamber of the Bonn Regional Court, chaired by Helmut Quirini , rejected Adenauer's request for another hearing in favor of Kilbs. The State Minister of Justice Otto Flehinghaus (CDU) appointed his Ministerialrat Heinrich Becker (CDU) as court president in Bonn. In April 1959, under his chairmanship, the regional court decided to “change and supplement the business distribution plan ” for the current financial year. The case was withdrawn from Quirini and assigned to the newly created 7th criminal division. On November 6, 1959, the Bonn Regional Court decided not to open criminal proceedings against Hans Kilb and Mercedes-Benz directors Rolf Staelin and Fritz Koenecke . The events were then examined by an investigative committee of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia .

literature

• Court president in the twilight . In: Die Zeit , No. 10/1962

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans Kilb and the reasons of state . In: Die Zeit , No. 39/1958
2. ↑ The Special President . In: Der Spiegel . No. 52 , 1960 ( online ).
3. ^ H-splitting consequences . In: Der Spiegel . No. 34 , 1959 ( online ).