Karl-Heinz Weyrich

Karl-Heinz Weyrich (born December 24, 1925 in Mannheim ; † September 11, 2002 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) was a politician of the SPD . From 1975 to 1991 he was a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament .

Life

Weyrich was doctorate lawyer and as a lawyer , first junior partner in the Ludwigshafen-based law firm of his mentor Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner . He later became its successor.

Weyrich began his local political activity as a member of the local council of his place of residence Altrip . When he became chairman of the SPD district association in what is now the Rhein-Pfalz district , he also took over the leadership of the SPD parliamentary group in the district council . One of his specialties was social policy , his thoughts on this were reprinted posthumously.

At the state level, Weyrich was a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament from 1975 to 1991, and was chairman of the legal committee from 1983 until he left state politics. From 1977 he acted as chairman of the "IPEKS" investigative committee and from 1985 as chairman of the "Kanter criminal case" (see also party donation affair ).

Weyrich was u. a. Vice-President of the Palatinate Bar Association and member of the Rhineland-Palatinate Judicial Examination Office . From 1991 he was a full member of the Constitutional Court of Rhineland-Palatinate .

During his professional life he lived in Altrip, he spent his retirement in Dirmstein . He was also buried in the local cemetery .

Awards and obituary

Weyrich was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon and the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class . Because of his services to professional organization and legal training, he was awarded the title of Counselor . The state of Rhineland-Palatinate honored him with the award of the Freiherr vom Stein plaque .

Joachim Mertes, chairman of the SPD parliamentary group, published the following obituary : “With the death of Dr. Karl-Heinz Weyrich lost the SPD Rhineland-Palatinate and the state a committed advocate of the social constitutional state, who successfully stood up for his convictions [...] The distinguished lawyer tirelessly stood up for Rhineland-Palatinate and his homeland, the Vorderpfalz, and will be us always be a role model. "

Web links

Joachim Mertes, chairman of the SPD parliamentary group, on the death of Justizrat Dr. Karl-Heinz Weyrich . Press release by the SPD parliamentary group in the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament, September 13, 2002.

Individual evidence

^ Karl-Heinz Weyrich: Social Services . In: German Association for Public and Private Welfare (Hrsg.): Technical Lexicon of Social Work . 6th edition. Baden-Baden 2007, p. 846-849 .
↑ Cabbage could be harmed . In: Der Spiegel . No. 26 , 1985, pp. 24 ( online - SPIEGEL interview with party donation investigator Weyrich).
↑ ^a ^b Joachim Mertes, chairman of the SPD parliamentary group, on the death of Justizrat Dr. Karl-Heinz Weyrich. Press release from the SPD parliamentary group in the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament. September 13, 2002, accessed March 19, 2010 .
^ The President of the Landtag Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): The representatives of the free people: The members of the Consultative State Assembly and the Landtag Rhineland-Palatinate from 1946 to 2015 . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2016, ISBN 978-3-658-04750-4 , p. 742-743 .

personal data
SURNAME	Weyrich, Karl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and politician (SPD), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	December 24, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH	September 11, 2002
Place of death	Ludwigshafen am Rhein

[soziale-dienste-1] Karl-Heinz Weyrich: Social Services . In: German Association for Public and Private Welfare (Hrsg.): Technical Lexicon of Social Work . 6th edition. Baden-Baden 2007, p. 846-849 .

[spiegel_26/1985-2] Cabbage could be harmed . In: Der Spiegel . No. 26 , 1985, pp. 24 ( online - SPIEGEL interview with party donation investigator Weyrich).

[nachruf-3] Joachim Mertes, chairman of the SPD parliamentary group, on the death of Justizrat Dr. Karl-Heinz Weyrich. Press release from the SPD parliamentary group in the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament. September 13, 2002, accessed March 19, 2010 .

[4] The President of the Landtag Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): The representatives of the free people: The members of the Consultative State Assembly and the Landtag Rhineland-Palatinate from 1946 to 2015 . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2016, ISBN 978-3-658-04750-4 , p. 742-743 .