Richard von Weizsäcker (1984–1994)

Richard Freiherr von Weizsäcker, born in 1920 in Stuttgart, studied in Oxford and Grenoble and from 1938 to 1945 performed military service. After World War II he studied law and history and went on to gain a doctoral degree in law. While still a student in 1948, he assisted the lawyer defending his father at the Nuremberg trials for war crimes.

Richard von Weizsäcker in1989
DateBiography
1920Born on 15 April 1920 in Stuttgart. Attended primary school and grammar schools specializing in classics in Berlin und Bern
1937-1938Higher education entrance qualification; studied in Oxford and Grenoble
1938-1945Military service
1945-1949Read law and history at the University of Göttingen
1950-1966Worked in industry
1964-1970President of the Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag (German Protestant Convention)
1967-1984Member of the Synod and the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany
1969-1981Member of the German Bundestag
1981-1984Governing Mayor of Berlin
1984-1994Federal President
2015Died on 31 January in Berlin

Richard von Weizsäcker was Protestant. He had been married to Marianne von Weizsäcker, née von Kretschmann, since 1953. They had four children.