Roman Herzog was a German politician, judge and legal scholar who served as President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany from 1987 to 1994, having joined the court as a judge in 1983, and who then served as President of Germany from 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1999, the first German head of state elected after reunification. Born on 5 April 1934 in Landshut, Bavaria, he earlier held an academic career as a law professor and served in ministerial posts in the state government of Baden-Wurttemberg. He died on 10 January 2017 in Bad Mergentheim.
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What was Roman Herzog known for as President of Germany?
He won respect for forthright apologies for Germany's colonial and Nazi past.
The presidency was a largely ceremonial post, and Herzog won respect in it for his forthright and eloquent apologies for the harm done by Germany during its colonial and Nazi periods. At the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Warsaw Uprising in the Polish capital on 1 August 1994, he modestly asked the Polish people for forgiveness for what Germans did to them.
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A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he was the first president to be elected after German reunification.
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Roman Herzog (5 April 1934 - 10 January 2017) 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.
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Roman Herzog (5 April 1934 - 10 January 2017) was a German politician, judge and legal scholar, who served as President of Germany from 1994 to 1999.
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He previously served as a judge of the Federal Constitutional Court, and he was president of the court from 1987 to 1994.
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He previously served as a judge of the Federal Constitutional Court, and he was president of the court from 1987 to 1994.
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was a German politician
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Wikidata Q2563, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1934
Wikidata Q2563, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1934-04-05
Wikidata Q2563, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 2017
Wikidata Q2563, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 2017-01-10
Wikidata Q2563, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Landshut
Wikidata Q2563, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Bad Mergentheim
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