Richard Jaeger
German politician (1913–1998)
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Richard Jaeger (16 February 1913[1] – 15 May 1998[2]) was a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. Under Ludwig Erhard's second ministry, he was Minister of Justice (26 October 1965 – 1 December 1966).
Richard Jaeger | |
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.jpg) Jaeger in 1988 | |
| Vice President of the Bundestag (on proposal of the CDU/CSU group) | |
| In office 11 May 1967 – 14 December 1976 | |
| President | Eugen Gerstenmaier Kai-Uwe von Hassel Annemarie Renger |
| Preceded by | Maria Probst |
| Succeeded by | Richard Stücklen |
| In office 6 September 1953 – 26 October 1965 | |
| President | Hermann Ehlers Eugen Gerstenmaier |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Maria Probst |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 26 October 1965 – 1 December 1966 | |
| Chancellor | Ludwig Erhard |
| Preceded by | Karl Weber |
| Succeeded by | Gustav Heinemann |
| In office 7 September 1949 – 4 November 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Eicke Götz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 February 1913 Schöneberg, Germany |
| Died | 15 May 1988 (aged 75) Bonn, West Germany |
| Party | Christian Social Union |
| Children | 6 |
| Education | LMU Munich |
From 1933, Jaeger was a member of Hitler's paramilitary organization, the Sturmabteilung (SA),[3] and was a member of the Wehrmacht from 1939 to 1945.[4] From 1949 to 1980 Jaeger was a member of German Bundestag.[5] He prominently supported the reintroduction of the death penalty in the 1960s, despite in the 1950s rallying against it and advocating for pardoning Nazi war criminals sentenced to death.[6] From 1972 to 1974, Jaeger was President of the European Documentation and Information Centre (CEDI).[citation needed]
He was also President of the German Atlantic Society from 1957 to 1990 and Head of the German Delegation to the UNCHR from 1984 to 1990.[7] He was married and had six children.
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