Josef Wintrich

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Josef Wintrich


2nd President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
In office 23 March 1954 – 19 October 1958
Preceded by	Hermann Höpker-Aschoff
Succeeded by	Gebhard Müller

Personal details
Born	(1891-02-15)15 February 1891 Munich, Germany
Died	19 October 1958(1958-10-19) (aged 67) Ebersberg, Germany
Alma mater	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Josef Marquard Wintrich (15 February 1891 – 19 October 1958) was a German legal scholar and judge. From 1910 to 1915, he studied legal science at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. 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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