Karl Weber (politician, 1898)

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Karl Weber on an election poster for the 1961 federal election

Karl Weber (born March 8, 1898 in Arenberg near Koblenz, † May 21, 1985 in Koblenz ) was a German politician ( CDU ). In 1965 he was Federal Minister of Justice .

Life and career

After graduating from high school in 1916, Weber initially took part in the First World War as a soldier . He then completed a law degree in Bonn , which he completed with two state examinations . In Bonn he became a member of the KDStV Staufia Bonn in the CV. In 1924 he received his doctorate in law. From 1925 he worked as a lawyer in Koblenz. From 1939 to 1945 he took part in the Second World War as a soldier.

On February 6, 1947 he was elected the first president of the Koblenz Bar Association; he held this office until 1975. From 1967 to 1974 he was also President of the Federal Bar Association . Weber was director of the Koblenz Music Institute, founded in 1808, from 1947 to 1969 .

Weber was already politically involved in the Center Party as a teenager . He was one of the co-founders of the CDU in Rhineland-Palatinate . From 1950 to 1965 he was chairman of the CDU district association in Koblenz.

From 1949 to 1965 he was a member of the German Bundestag . Since 1957 he was a member until his appointment to the Federal Minister as Chairman of the Working Group Legal and the board of the CDU / CSU - Parliamentary Group on. Weber had entered the German Bundestag as a directly elected member of the Koblenz constituency . His party did not nominate him again for the 1965 federal election.

On March 27, 1965, he was appointed Federal Minister of Justice in the federal government led by Federal Chancellor Ludwig Erhard . After the federal election in 1965, he was not reappointed to office.

Honors

  • Large Federal Cross of Merit with star and shoulder ribbon.
  • In his hometown of Koblenz, the Karl Weber House was named in his honor (opening: February 26, 2000).

Web links

Commons : Karl Weber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

See also: Cabinet Erhard I