predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place nationality party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
'' none '' josef wintrich 15 january 1954 herford , province of westphalia karlsruhe , baden-württemberg germany ddp -lrb- pre-wwii -rrb- , fdp -lrb- post-wwii -rrb- 1st president of the federal constitutional court of germany 31 january 1883 7 september 1951 bundesarchiv b 145 bild-f050215-0005 , hermann höpker-aschoff . jpg hermann höpker-aschoff
 15 january 1954 hermann höpker-aschoff university of jena
hermann höpker-aschoff

hermann höpker-aschoff -lrb- 31 january 1883 - 15 january 1954 -rrb- was a german politician , finance minister , a member of parlamentarischer rat and a jurist .
he was the first president of the federal constitutional court of germany .
höpker-aschoff studied law and economics at the university of jena , and taught monetary theory and finance as professor at the university of bonn .
