Heinrich Werner
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Heinrich Werner | |
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President of Vierzland | |
In office 19 January 1992 – 19 January 1997 | |
Chancellor | Wenzel Dahlke |
Preceded by | None (office created) |
Succeeded by | None (vacant until abolition in 1998) |
Chancellor of Vierzland Vierz Empire until 1990 | |
In office 3 August 1986 – 19 January 1992 | |
Preceded by | Uwe Scholz |
Succeeded by | Wenzel Dahlke |
Chairman of the United Republicans | |
In office 8 July 1984 – 4 January 1992 | |
Deputy | Wenzel Dahlke |
Preceded by | None |
Succeeded by | Wenzel Dahlke |
Personal details | |
Born | Heinrich Tobias Werner 14 July 1921 Elze, Kastor, Vierz Empire |
Died | 13 February 2014 Talheim, Kastor, Vierzland | (aged 92)
Political party | Independent (1969–1990; 1992–1997) United Republicans (1990–1992) |
Alma mater | Constantine Imperial University of Adtrus |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Vierz Empire |
Branch/service | Imperial Vierz Navy |
Years of service | 1939–1948 |
Heinrich Tobias Werner (14 July 1921 – 13 February 2014) was a Vierz lawyer and statesman who served as Chancellor of Vierzland from 1986 to 1992 and as President of Vierzland from 1992 to 1997.
Werner was born in 1921 in Elze, then a town in the Vierz Empire. During his mandatory military service in the Navy from 1939 to 1948, he saw combat in the Great War. He studied law at the Constantine Imperial University of Adtrus, attaining a doctor of laws in 1960, and became a law professor at the university. Werner presided over a number of high profile cases in both civil and criminal courts, gaining a reputation as a "human rights lawyer" for his defense of those allegedly wronged by the imperial government. He became prominent in republican and anti-monarchist circles, but refused to partake in political behaviour.
During the Luepolan War, Werner became involved in the anti-war movement; his activities, which were illegal under the government of Stefan Vogt, resulted in his removal from the university. With the onset of the Vierz Revolution in the 1980s, Werner joined the Congress for the Republic, serving as its legal counsel. He became the leader of the organization in 1984. After the 1986 Adtrus bombing killed Chancellor Uwe Scholz, Kaiser Viktor IV appointed Werner as Chancellor, hoping to appease surging republican sentiments.