14 Facts About Philipp Jenninger

Philipp Jenninger was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union and diplomat.

Philipp Jenninger was the ninth president of the Bundestag from 1984 to 1988.

Philipp Jenninger served as Member of the German Parliament, the Bundestag, Minister of State at the German Chancellery, German Ambassador to Austria and German Ambassador to the Holy See.

Philipp Jenninger studied law at the University of Tubingen, obtaining a doctoral degree in 1957 with a dissertation titled Die Reformbedurftigkeit des Bundesverfassungsgerichts and passing the state examination in 1959.

Philipp Jenninger became an assistant in the Federal Ministry of Defense and later personal assistant and press contact of Federal Minister for the Affairs of the Defence Council Heinrich Krone.

Between 1982 and 1984, Jenninger served as Minister of State at the German Chancellery, under Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

Philipp Jenninger was a member of the Bundestag from 1969 to 1990, always as directly elected representative of a constituency.

Philipp Jenninger tried to explain the reasons behind German enthusiasm for National Socialism in the 1930s.

Philipp Jenninger's speech was presented badly, as his way of speaking allowed the interpretation that Jenninger didn't sufficiently dissociate himself from the Nazi ideas he referred to, making it hard to distinguish what were his own ideas and what were the "fascinating" Nazi ideas he was just reporting.

Philipp Jenninger did not stand for reelection as a Bundestag member in the 1990 elections.

Philipp Jenninger served as German ambassador to Vienna, Austria from 1991 to 1995, and as ambassador to the Holy See from 1995 to 1997.

Philipp Jenninger was President of the European Movement in Germany from 1985 to 1990, and has since been their honorary President.

Philipp Jenninger was a member of the presidium of Studienzentrum Weikersheim.

Philipp Jenninger died on 4 January 2018 in Stuttgart, aged 85.