Roman Herzog was a German politician, judge and legal scholar, who served as President of Germany from 1994 to 1999. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he was the first president to be elected after German reunification. He previously served as a judge of the Federal Constitutional Court, and he was president of the court from 1987 to 1994. Before his appointment as a judge, he was a professor of law. He received the 1997 Charlemagne Prize.
- Occupation
- jurist, politician, university teacher, judge
- Position held
- president of Germany, Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Baden-Württemberg, Ministry of the Interior, for Digitalization and Municipalities of Baden-Württemberg
- Citizenship
- Germany
