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Walter Rudi Wand 1977

Walter Rudi Wand (born September 7, 1928 in Kleinkeula ; † June 29, 1985 in Karlsruhe ) was a German lawyer and judge at the Federal Constitutional Court from 1970 to 1983 .

Life

The son of a farmer grew up in Kleinkeula, Thuringia , and attended high schools in Eisenach and Sondershausen . In 1945 he was posted to labor service and drafted into the military. After graduating from high school, he began studying law at the University of Jena , later switched to the University of Berlin and passed the first state examination in 1950. He left the GDR and passed the second state examination in Mainz in 1956 .

A year later he joined the justice service of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . In 1961 he was appointed regional judge at the Frankenthal regional court . In 1963, a delegation to the Federal Constitutional Court followed as a research assistant. In 1964 he was accepted into the federal service as a senior government councilor. Here he worked from 1964 to 1966 as Presidential Councilor of the Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court and from 1966 to 1969 as Presidential Councilor of the First Senate, where he was the closest employee of President Gebhard Müller . During this time he was promoted to Government Council (1966) and Ministerial Council (1967). At the same time he was press officer. In 1969 he was promoted to director of the court.

In 1970 he was elected judge of the Federal Constitutional Court for the remainder of the term of office of Hans Kutscher, who had switched to the European Court of Justice . For the first time, a member of the administration of the Federal Constitutional Court himself was appointed constitutional judge. Since Kutscher's term of office ended in 1971, a new election was necessary that year, in which Wand was confirmed for a twelve-year term. Until 1983 he was a member of the second Senate. As a member of the CDU , which had also nominated him, Wand was one of the more conservative judges. In weighing up interests, he usually gave priority to the interests of the state and the functionality of the state over individual rights, which was demonstrated, for example, in the review of terrorism laws. He also campaigned for the protection of country competencies.

Wand was awarded the Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany . He died of heart failure in 1985 after visiting the court library in Karlsruhe. He was married to Martha, née Müller, and had two daughters.

literature

  • The Federal Constitutional Court: 1951 - 1971. 2nd edition. Müller, Karlsruhe 1971, p. 248.
  • Richard Ley: The personnel changes of the Federal Constitutional Court in 1983. In: Journal for parliamentary questions 1985, pp. 188–203, here p. 191.
  • Died: Walter Rudi Wand. In: Der Spiegel 28/1985 of July 8, 1985. ( online )
  • International Biographical Archive 37/1985 of September 2, 1985

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Der Spiegel 28/1985; International Biographical Archive 37/1985
  2. ↑ International Biographical Archive 37/1985
personal data
SURNAME Wall, Walter Rudi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Kleinkeula , Thuringia , Germany
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1985
Place of death Karlsruhe , Baden-Württemberg , Germany