Wilhelm Hoegner

Wilhelm Hoegner
Wilhelm Hoegner (1947)
Minister President of Bavaria
In office
14 December 1954 – 8 October 1957
PresidentTheodor Heuss
ChancellorKonrad Adenauer
Preceded byHans Ehard
Succeeded byHanns Seidel
In office
28 September 1945 – 16 December 1946
Preceded byFritz Schäffer
Succeeded byHans Ehard
Minister of the Interior of Bavaria
In office
18 December 1950 – 14 December 1954
Preceded byWilli Ankermüller
Succeeded byAugust Geislhöringer
Minister of Justice of Bavaria
In office
28 September 1945 – 20 September 1947
Preceded byHans Ehard
Succeeded byJosef Müller
Personal details
Born(1887-09-23)23 September 1887
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died5 March 1980(1980-03-05) (aged 92)
Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Spouse
Anna Woock
(m. 1918)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Erlangen–Nuremberg
OccupationLawyer

Wilhelm Johann Harald Hoegner (23 September 1887 – 5 March 1980) was the second Bavarian minister-president after World War II (1945–1946 and 1954–1957), and the father of the Bavarian constitution. He has been the only Social Democrat to hold this office since 1920.


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