Career
From 1947 to 1969 he was the 2nd Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate. He served as the 6th and 17th President of the BundesratHin 1954/55 and 1965/66.e was born in Saarbrücken and died in Koblenz. He was the longest governing German Ministers-Presidents in one single state—longest at all was Bernhard Vogel.