Manfred Weiß

Manfred Weiß (23 January 1944 – 11 March 2017) was a German politician, jurist and member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). He served as a member of the Landtag of Bavaria, the state parliament, from 1978 until 2013, and the Minister of Justice of Bavaria from 1999 to 2003.^[1]

Manfred Weiß
Minister of Justice of Bavaria
In office 13 September 1999 – 14 October 2003
President	Edmund Stoiber
Preceded by	Alfred Sauter
Succeeded by	Beate Merk
Personal details
Born	(1944-01-23)23 January 1944 Roth, Bavaria, Germany
Died	11 March 2017(2017-03-11) (aged 73)
Political party	Christian Social Union in Bavaria

Weiß was born in Roth, Bavaria on 23 January 1944.^[1] He studied law at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1965 to 1969.^[1] He then served as a judge of the Nürnberg-Fürth district court from 1973 to 1978.^[1]

Manfred Weiß joined the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) in 1968.^[1] In 1978, he was first elected to the Landtag of Bavaria, where he served from 1978 to 2013.^[1] In 1999, Bavarian Minister-President Edmund Stoiber appointed Weiß as the state Minister of Justice, which Weiß considered the highlight of his political and legal career.^[1] Weiß served as Minister of Justice from 1998 until a cabinet shake-up by Stoiber in October 2003.^[1]

Manfred Weiß died on 11 March 2017 at the age of 72.^[1]