Hans F. Zacher

Hans Friedrich Zacher was a German academician. He was a professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and was the President of the Max Planck Society from 1990 till 1996.

Biography

Zacher was born in Erlach am Inn in Germany and attended school in nearby Simbach. Later he studied law at the Universities of Bamberg, Erlangen and Munich. He was an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

The reestablishment of the parliamentary system after the Second World War. – doctoral thesis under Hans Nawiasky.
The constitutional law of the state social intervention. – Habilitation topic.
Decorations and awards
1983 Bavarian Order of Merit
1991 Honorary Doctorate from the Catholic University of Leuven
1992 Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1995 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Wrocław
1995 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
1996 Honorary doctorate from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
1997 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Szeged
1998 Harnack Medal of the Max Planck Society
2001 Honorary Doctorate, University of Athens
2001 Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
2004 Officer of the National Order of Merit