Background
Carstens, Karl Walter was born on December 14, 1914 in Bremen, Federal Republic Germany. Son of Karl and Gertrud (Clausen) Carstens.
Carstens, Karl Walter was born on December 14, 1914 in Bremen, Federal Republic Germany. Son of Karl and Gertrud (Clausen) Carstens.
Student various universities, 1935. Dr.jur, Hamburg University, 1936. Master of Laws, Yale University, 1949.
Private practice, Bremen, 1945-1949. Representative Free City Bremen, Bonn, 1949-1954. German representative Council Europe, Stasbourg, France, 1954-1955.
Section chief Foreign Office, Bonn, 1955-1960, state secretary deputy foreign minister, 1960-1966, state secretary department defense minister, 1967. Chief Office Federal Chancellor, 1968-1969. Professor international constitutional law University Cologne, Federal Republic Germany, 1960-1973.
Director Research Institute, German Society for Foreign Affairs, 1970-1973. Member German Bundestag (Christian Democratic Union), 1972-1979.
Author: Grundgedanken der Amerikanschen Verfassung, 1954, Das Recht des Europarats, 1956, Politische Fuhrung, 1971, Bundestagsreden und Zeitdokumente, 1978, Reden und Interviews, 1979-1984, Deutsche Gedice, 1983, Wanderungen in Deutschland, 1985, Vom Geist der Freiheit, 1989.
With German Army, 1939-1945.
Sailing, music.
Married Veronica Prior in 1944.