Hermann Höpker-Aschoff | |
Office: | 1st President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany |
Term Start: | 7 September 1951 |
Term End: | 15 January 1954 |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Successor: | Josef Wintrich |
Birth Date: | 1883 1, df=y |
Birth Place: | Herford, Province of Westphalia, German Empire |
Death Place: | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |
Nationality: | Germany |
Party: | DDP (pre-WWII), FDP (post-WWII) |
Alma Mater: | University of Jena |
Hermann Höpker-Aschoff (31 January 1883 – 15 January 1954)[1] was a German politician, finance minister, a member of Parlamentarischer Rat and a jurist. He was the first President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.
Höpker-Aschoff studied law and economics in Jena, Munich and Bonn. He taught monetary theory and finance as professor at the University of Bonn.