Rupert Scholz

Rupert Scholz (born 23 May 1937) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union.

Early life and education Scholz was born in Berlin and received his Abitur in 1957. He studied law and economic at the Free University of Berlin and LMU Munich. He completed his first Staatsexamen in 1961, received his doctorate in 1966 with Peter Lerche as Doktorvater at LMU Munich with the work Das Wesen und die Entwicklung der gemeindlichen öffentlichen Einrichtungen, completed his second Staatsexamen in 1967 and habilitated in 1971 at LMU Munich with the work Die Koalitionsfreiheit als Verfassungsproblem. In 1972, he became a law professor at the Free University of Berlin. In 1978, he accepted the chair of state, administrative and finance law at LMU Munich. He retired from the post in 2005.

Political career From 1981 to 1983, Scholz was Senator for Justice under Berlin Governing Mayor Richard von Weizsäcker and Senator for Federal Affairs under Weizsäcker and his successor Eberhard Diepgen from 1982 to 1988. Gerhard Stoltenberg succeeded him in the post in the cabinet reshuffle in 1989.

In 2007, Scholz stated that Germany should strive to become a nuclear power.