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Manfred Kanther | |
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| Federal Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 7 July 1993 – 26 October 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Rudolf Seiters |
| Succeeded by | Otto Schily |
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| Born | (1939-05-26)26 May 1939 (age 85) Schweidnitz |
| Political party | CDU (1958–) |
| Occupation | Stadtoberrechtsrat |
Manfred Kanther (born 26 May 1939) is a German conservative politician and wasMinister of the Interior of theFederal Republic of Germany from 1993 to 1998. He has been a member of theCDU (since 1958).
Kanther was born inSchweidnitz,Silesia. After passing hisAbitur in 1958, he studied law inMarburg andBonn, finishing in 1966. During his studies, he became a member of thefraternityCorps Guestphalia Marburg (today calledCorps Guestphalia et Suevoborussia Marburg). From 1967 to 1970 Kanther held the position ofStadtoberrechtsrat inPlettenberg.
Kanther is married and has six children.
Kanther was a member of theHessian state parliament from 1974 to 1993. In July 1993 he resigned from the Hessian Landtag and assumed as Minister of the Interior as the successor ofRudolf Seiters.[1] The same year he ordered the prohibition of theKurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) for attacks against Turkish facilities.[2] During his tenure he had to deal with violence of theRed Army Faction and opposed the dual citizenship.[1] In 1994, he was elected into theBundestag as representative forHanau ballot.[1] The Government ofHelmut Kohl was narrowly re-elected and he assumed a second term as Minister of the Interior.[1] He was involved in reforms for the policy regarding the asylum seekers and a for foreigners minor to sixteen years old, a compulsoryvisa was introduced.[1] He re-entered the Bundestag in 1998 via the CDU's statewide candidate ballot.[1]
Manfred Kanther was involved in the 2000 donation scandal of the Hessian CDU and stepped down from the Bundestag in January 2000. In April 2005, Kanther was sentenced to 18 months onprobation by the Landgericht Wiesbaden for acting in unfaithfulness. TheBundesgerichtshof, however, declared the sentence void in late 2006 and sent the case back to the Landgericht Wiesbaden for further hearings.[3] His sentence was subsequently reduced to a fine of €54,000.
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| Preceded by | Minister of the Interior 1993–1998 | Succeeded by |
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