Otto Theisen
Otto Theisen (born October 13, 1924 in Beuren near Saarburg ; † January 26, 2005 in Trier ) was a German lawyer and politician ( CDU ).
Life and work
After attending elementary school and high school, Theisen took part in World War II as a soldier from 1943 . In the same year he was taken prisoner by the British, from which he was released in 1945. He made up his Abitur in 1946 and then began studying law and political science at the University of Bonn , which he completed in 1949 with the first state examination and in 1952 with the second state examination. He settled in Trier as a lawyer in 1953 and founded the Society for Legal Policy there in 1976.
Political party
Theisen joined the CDU in 1953. He was a member of the state executive committee of the CDU Rhineland-Palatinate and was the party's treasurer there .
MP
From 1959 to 1967 and from 1971 to 1983 Theisen was a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament .
Public offices
Theisen was State Secretary in the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Justice from 1967 to 1971. After the formation of a single CDU government, he was appointed Minister of Justice to the state government led by Prime Minister Helmut Kohl on May 18, 1971 . He was also a member of the follow-up government headed by Prime Minister Bernhard Vogel , left office on December 13, 1979 and was replaced as Minister of Justice by Carl-Ludwig Wagner .
Honors
- Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany , 1974
- Honorary doctorate from the law faculty of the University of Trier , 1980
- Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany , 1983
- Justice Council of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, 1992
- Order of Gregory , 2005
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
- Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Honorary citizen of the Rittersdorf community
See also
Web links
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Minister of State Dr. hc Otto Theisen )
Adolf Süsterhenn (1946–1951) | Bruno Becher (1951–1959) | Wilhelm Westenberger (1959–1963) | Fritz Schneider (1963–1971) | Otto Theisen (1971–1979) | Carl-Ludwig Wagner (1979–1981) | Waldemar Schreckenberger (1981–1982) | Heribert Bickel (1983–1987) | Peter Caesar (1987-1999) | Herbert Mertin (1999-2006) | Heinz Georg Bamberger (2006–2011) | Jochen Hartloff (2011–2014) | Gerhard Robbers (2014–2016) | Herbert Mertin (since 2016)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Theisen, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and politician (CDU), MdL, Minister of Justice in Rhineland-Palatinate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beuren near Saarburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 2005 |
| Place of death | trier |