Hans Hugo Klein (born 5 August 1936 in Karlsruhe) is a German

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. He was a representative of the German Christian Democratic Union from 1983 to 1996 and he a justice of the

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Life

Klein studied law in

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and

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, where he graduated with his

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in 1961. Then he moved to the Management Service of Baden-Wuerttemberg, lost but not the scientific career from his eyes, which led 1967

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on the topic "Participation of the state in economic competition with

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at the University of Heidelberg. In 1969 Hans Hugo Klein became a professor for

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at the

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. In 1970, he joined the CDU, where he was the

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from 1972 to 1983. He moved in 1972, 1976 and 1980, one of the Land of Lower Saxony CDU in parliament, winning 1983, the direct mandate in the constituency of Göttingen. From 1982 to 1983 he was among Hans A. Engelhard also Parliamentary Secretary in the

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. In 1983 he was appointed as a judge of the

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. During his tenure at the Federal Klein belonged to the Second

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of the court. His responsibilities with the Federal Party were right, the right of the public service and staff representation rights. He was succeeded by Hans-Joachim Jentsch. For

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matters Hans Hugo Klein believes that it is acting in the Basic Law for a

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. Mixed is the democratic constitutional state in the

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, since

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is not absolutely true. Particular importance come to the concept of

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. The

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were in the process, despite the criticism is often practiced in them, constitutionally necessary component of liberal democracy.

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Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands web site
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Life

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