Wolfgang Zeidler

Wolfgang Zeidler
5th President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
In office
20 December 1983  16 November 1987
Preceded byErnst Benda
Succeeded byRoman Herzog
4th Vice-president of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
In office
7 November 1975  20 December 1983
Preceded byWalter Seuffert
Succeeded byRoman Herzog
Personal details
Born(1924-09-02)2 September 1924
Hamburg, Germany
Died31 December 1987(1987-12-31) (aged 63)
Meran, Italy
Alma materUniversity of Hamburg

Wolfgang Zeidler (2 September 1924 – 31 December 1987) was a German legal scholar and judge. He joined the 2nd senate of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany in November 1975. He served as the 5th president of the Court from 1983 to 1987. Zeidler also served as president of the British-German-Jurists' Association. He was married and had a son.