Werner Maihofer

Werner Maihofer
Werner Maihofer in 1974
Federal Minister of the Interior
In office
16 May 1974 – 8 June 1978
Preceded byHans-Dietrich Genscher
Succeeded byGerhart Baum
2nd President of the European University Institute
In office
1982–1986
Preceded byMax Kohnstamm
Succeeded byÉmile Noël
Personal details
Born(1918-10-20)20 October 1918
Konstanz, Baden
Died6 October 2009(2009-10-06) (aged 90)
Bad Homburg
NationalityGerman
Political partyFree Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Freiburg
ProfessionJurist

Werner Maihofer OMRI (20 October 1918 – 6 October 2009) was a German jurist and legal philosopher. He served as Germany's Federal Minister of the Interior from 1974 to 1978 until he resigned after a scandal involving an illegal wiretapping of Klaus Traube.