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Carlo Schmid

かるろ・しゅみっと

Karuro Shumitto

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1896-12-03 (Perpignan, France)
Died
1979-12-11 (Bad Honnef, Germany) age 83
Nationality
Germany
Languages
German, French
Residence History
Perpignan (1896-1901) → Stuttgart (1908- ) → Tübingen → Frankfurt am Main (1953- )

Career

Occupations
politician, university professor, jurist, judge, translator
Active Years
1914-1979
Affiliations
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Württemberg-Hohenzollern
Memberships
SPD board (1947-1970), Presidium of the SPD (1958-1970)
Influenced By
Hugo Sinzheimer, Hermann Heller
Influenced
Willy Brandt

Education

Karls-Gymnasium Stuttgart
Humanist course
Degree: Abitur
Period: 1908-1914
Year of Graduation: 1914
Country: Germany
Stuttgart
University of Tübingen
Faculty of Law / Public Law
Degree: Dr. jur.
Period: 1918-1924
Year of Graduation: 1923
Country: Germany
First state exam 1921, second 1924, doctorate 1923, habilitation 1929
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt
Faculty of Social Sciences / Political Science
Degree: 教授
Period: 1953-
Year of Graduation: 1953
Country: Germany
From professor of public law to political science

Awards

Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Organization: Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany
Result: 受賞
Hanseatic Goethe Prize
Organization: Association of Hanseatic Cities
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Erinnerungen

1979 Memoirs

Reminiscences

democracyGerman history

Regierung und Parlament

1951 Essay

Bibliography

  • Regierung und Parlament (1951)
  • Vier Jahre Erfahrungen mit dem Grundgesetz (1954)
  • Die Opposition als Staatseinrichtung (1955)
  • Der Abgeordnete zwischen Partei und Parlament (1959)
  • Der Deutsche Bundestag in der Verfassungswirklichkeit (1964)
  • Festschrift für Adolf Arndt (1969)
  • Der Deutsche Bundestag. Ein Essay (1974)
  • Das Fundament unserer staatlichen Ordnung (1974)
  • Demokratie - Die Chance, den Staat zu verwirklichen (1975)
  • Erinnerungen (1979)

Translations by Author

  • Translations of Niccolò Machiavelli
  • Translations of Charles Baudelaire
  • Translations of André Malraux

Legacy

One of the most important authors of both the German Basic Law and the Godesberg Program of the SPD. Intimately involved in German-French relations and served as Federal Minister for the Affairs of the Federal Council and States from 1966 to 1969.

Archives

  • Archive of Social Democracy in Bonn

Trivia

  • German politician born in France.
  • Denied tenure by the Nazis on political grounds.