Herbert Mertin

Herbert Mertin was a German politician for the FDP and was from 2016 to 2025 minister for justice in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Life and career

Mertin was born in 1958 in the Chilean city of Temuco and remigrated in 1971 to Germany.
Mertin became minister for justice in the State Government of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1999 until 2006 and again beginning in 2016 under Minister-President Malu Dreyer.
Mertin died unexpectedly at a hospital in Koblenz, on 21 February 2025, at the age of 66. His death came after he had collapsed at an event being held for honorary judges.