Franz Lichtenauer

Wilhelm Franz Lichtenauer (May 11, 1900 – February 5, 1987) was a Dutch administrator and politician.

Life and work Lichtenauer graduated in law from the University of Leiden in 1922, and then started as deputy secretary of the Rotterdam Chamber of Commerce. Ten years later, he earned his doctorate in law cum laude from Leiden under Eduard Meijers with a dissertation entitled "De vernietigende verjaring en aanverwante rechtsfiguren beschouwd naar wezen, begrenzing en onderlinge verhouding." ("The nullification statute of limitations and related legal figures considered in terms of their essence, limits, and relationship to each other"). In 1971 he was appointed Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau.