| Date | Biography |
|---|---|
| 1934 | Born on 5 April in Landshut |
| 1957 | Passed first state law examination after reading law in Munich |
| 1958 | Completed a doctorate in Munich |
| 1958-1964 | Academic assistant at the University of Munich |
| 1961 | Passed second state law examination |
| 1964-1966 | Lecturer at the University of Munich |
| 1966-1969 | Professor of constitutional law and political science at the Free University of Berlin |
| 1969-1973 | Professor of political science at the College of Administrative Sciences in Speyer;1971/72 Vice-Chancellor |
| 1971-1980 | Chairman of the Chamber for Public Responsibility of the Evangelical Church in Germany |
| Since 1972 | Member of the Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany |
| 1973-1978 | Commissioner of Land Rhineland-Palatinate to the Federation |
| 1978-1980 | Minister of Culture and Sport of Land Baden-Württemberg |
| 1978-1983 | Chairman of the Association of Protestant Members of the CDU/CSU |
| 1980-1983 | Member of the parliament of Land Baden-Württemberg and Minister of the Interior of that Land |
| 1983-1987 | Vice-President of the Federal Constitutional Court |
| 1987-1994 | President of the Federal Constitutional Court |
| 1994-1999 | Federal President |
| 2017 | Died on10 Januar in Jagsthausen |
Roman Herzog was Protestant. In 1959 he married Christiane Krauß, a home economics teacher, who died on 19 June 2000. She devoted her time to those suffering from the metabolic disorder cystic fibrosis and set up the Christiane Herzog Foundation. The couple had two sons. His second wife was Alexandra Freifrau von Berlichingen, née von Vultejus.