Nationality Germany | Name Josef Wintrich Succeeded by Gebhard Muller | |
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Born February 15, 1891
Munich, Germany ( 1891-02-15 ) Alma mater Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Died October 19, 1958, Ebersberg, Germany Education Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich | ||
Preceded by Hermann Hopker-Aschoff |
Josef Marquard Wintrich (15 February 1891 – 19 October 1958) was a German legal scholar and judge. From 1910 to 1915 he studied legal science in Munich. He served as the 2nd president of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany from 1954 to 1956. The most significant decision during his tenure was the banning of the Communist Party of Germany in 1956.

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