Roman Herzog

Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1934–2017)

  • Fame59.1
  • Momentum1.2
  • Wikipedia10.5K
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Lived 1934–2017, aged 83Germany
  • Wikipedia
    71 languages
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  • Era
    1934–2017
    Aged 83
  • Awards
    26
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Summary
Updated 2026-08-15

He presided over Germany's highest court through the final years of division, then became the first president elected by a reunified nation—a jurist who stepped from constitutional arbiter to ceremonial head of state at the hinge moment of modern German history.

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Roman Herzog was born on 5 April 1934 and built his career as a professor of law before joining the Federal Constitutional Court as a judge. He rose to president of that court in 1987, holding the position through the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the legal architecture of reunification. In 1994, the Christian Democratic Union put him forward for the presidency, and he won—the first to hold the office after East and West became one country again. He served until 1999, and in 1997 received the Charlemagne Prize. He died on 10 January 2017.

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Historical24.2
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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