Hans Ehard
Hans Ehard (1961)
Minister President of Bavaria
In office 1946–1954
Preceded by	Wilhelm Hoegner
Succeeded by	Wilhelm Hoegner
In office 1960–1962
Preceded by	Wilhelm Hoegner
Succeeded by	Alfons Goppel
Minister of Justice
In office 1962–1966
Personal details
Born	(1887-11-10)November 10, 1887 Bamberg
Died	October 18, 1980(1980-10-18) Munich
Nationality	German
Political party	CSU

Hans Ehard (10 November 1887 – 18 October 1980) was a German lawyer and politician, a member of the Christian Social Union (CSU) party.

Life[link]

Hans Ehard was born in Bamberg in 1887, the son of a local official, August Ehard. He was married in 1916 to Annelore Maex. After his wife died in 1957, he married Sieglinde Odörfer in 1960.

After studying jurisprudence in Munich and Würzburg Ehard became public prosecutor in the Bavarian Ministry of Justice in 1919. In this office, he was the main prosecutor of Hitler and Ludendorff in 1924, after their failed attempt to overthrow the Bavarian government in 1923. In 1933 he became President of the high court in Munich, a position he held until the end of the war. He sympathised with the Bavarian People's Party but was not politically active in those years.

After the war, in 1945, he briefly served under Schäffer as Minister of Justice, later serving in Hoegner's first cabinet as undersecretary of state in the Ministry of Justice. He was a member of the constituent assembly, and was elected Minister President on 21 December 1946 with a coalition of CSU, SPD and the Economic Structure Combination (Wirtschaftliche Aufbau-Vereinigung). He became the first freely elected Bavarian prime minister since 1933. He was a member of the Bavarian Landtag from 1946 to 1966.

When the SPD withdrew its Ministers from the coalition he was able to form a CSU-only government on 21 September 1947. During the formation years of the Federal Republic of Germany, he advocated a strongly federalist concept for the new country, in opposition to most of the SPD-ruled states, who wanted a strong central government.^[1] He also argued for a form of European federation.^[2] From 1949 to 1955 he was also chairman of the CSU. From 1954 to 1957, his party was in opposition to the SPD-lead coalition government. As of 2008, this three years were the CSU's only period outside of government. Ehard held in those years the position of President of the Landtag, from 1954 to 1960.

Between 26 January 1960 to 11 December 1962 he again served as Minister President, stepping down to become Justice Minister, in which capacity he served until 5 December 1966

Ehard had been President of the Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald (SDW), an environmental charity, as well as of the Bavarian Red Cross. In 1957 he was made an honorary citizen of city of Munich, the British equivalent being Freedom of the City.

Hans Ehard was the oldest former Minister-President of Germany from June 9, 1980 to November 1985, preceded by Wilhelm Kaisen and succeeded by Max Seydewitz. Counting only the Ministers-President of the FRG he was succeeded by Bruno Diekmann on March 27, 1990. He died in Munich.

Plaque marking the house where Ehard was born.

Post-War career[link]

• 1945 Bavarian Minister of Justice
• 1946-1954 Bavarian Prime Minister
• 1949-1955 Chairman of the CSU
• 1950-1951 President of the Bundesrat
• 1951-1952 Bavarian transport minister
• 1954-1960 President of the Bavarian Landtag
• 1960-1962 Bavarian Prime Minister
• 1961-1962 President of the State Senate
• 1962-1966 Bavarian Minister of Justice

See also[link]

• List of Minister-Presidents of Bavaria

Sources[link]

• Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg - Boisls bayrische Biography - Hans Ehard (in German), page 167
• Bavarian government website - Hans Ehard (in German)

References[link]

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Heinz Erhardt

Heinz Erhardt (20 February 1909 in Riga – 5 June 1979 in Hamburg) was a German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor, and poet.

Heinz Erhardt was the son of Baltic German Kapellmeister Gustl Erhardt. He lived most of his childhood at his grandparents in Riga, where his grandfather, Paul Nelder, owned a music house. His grandfather also taught him how to play the piano; Erhardt's wish to become a professional pianist was not supported by his grandparents who wanted him to work as a merchant.

In 1935, Erhardt married Gilda Zanetti. They had four children: Grit, Verena, Gero, and Marita. Gero Erhardt became a film director and cinematographer, and his grandson, Marek Erhardt, became an actor.

The spectacle wearer and non-swimmer Erhardt was drafted into the German navy during the Second World War, but only on the third call-up; he served as a pianist in the Marine orchestra and only handled weapons during his basic training.

After the Second World War he moved to Hamburg-Wellingsbüttel and from 1948 worked as a radio moderator at NWDR. From then on he became more and more famous for his countless pun poems. Also, he became an actor and a mime. In his films he always played a character that fit his stage persona as an entertainer and comedian. His roles were polite and slightly weird persons typical of the period of the Wirtschaftswunder or "economic miracle".

Heinz Erhardt suffered a stroke in 1971, which left him unable to speak or write. He was limited to reading and understanding the speech of others; these limitations ended his long career as an actor.

He was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz four days before his death in 1979.

Selected filmography[link]

• What Is the Matter with Willi? (1970)
• That Can't Shake Our Willi! (1970)
• Our Willi Is the Best (1971)
• Willi Manages The Whole Thing (1972)
• The Viking Who Became a Bigamist (1969)

External links[link]

• Heinz Erhardt at the Internet Movie Database

Biography on official Heinz Erhardt website

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