Richard Benkel

Richard Benkel
14th Prime Minister of Besmenia
In office 8 May 2021 – 4 September 2021
President	Vincent von Schilling
Preceded by	Theodor Sidemann
Succeeded by	Elisabeth Rademacher
President of the Federal Constitutional Court
In office 5 March 2015 – 8 May 2021
Vice President	Manfred Kleinmann
Preceded by	Martha Berg
Succeeded by	Paul Obermann
Vice President of the Federal Constitutional Court
In office 2 November 2004 – 5 March 2015
President	Werner Brüning
Preceded by	Christoph Albrecht
Succeeded by	Paul Obermann
Personal details
Born	Richard Benkel (1957-07-16) July 16, 1957 Freiz, Summingia, East Besmenia
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Petra Heimer (m. 1994, div. 2011)
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Freiz
Military service
Allegiance	Besmenia
Branch/service	Besmenian Federal Army
Years of service	1975-1976
Unit	Besmenian Army

Richard Benkel (born: 16 July 1957) is a Besmenian jurist and politican, who was May 2021 to September 2021 the 14th Prime Minister of Besmenia. On behalf of Vincent von Schilling, after the trust the government cabinet Sidemann III had been renounced by a vote of no confidenceby the Federal Chamber as a result of the Hille affair, he formed the first non-party government of Besmenia. Before that, Benkel was Vice President of the Federal Constitutional Court from 2004 to 2015 and President of the Federal Constitutional Courtfrom 2015 to 2021.

Benkel ran as an independent candidate in the 2009 Besmenian presidential election and received 10.4% of the vote.