Otto Georg Schily (SPD; born July 20, 1932) was Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany from 1998-2005, in the cabinet of former Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder. SPD redirects here. ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The German title Bundeskanzler is also the title of the Chancellor of Austria, and the title of a Swiss federal official (List of Federal Chancellors of Switzerland). ... The title of this article contains the character ö. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Gerhard Schroeder. ...

Born in Bochum as the son of a mining plant director, he grew up in a family of anthroposophists. In 1962, he passed his second state exam after having studied law and politics in Munich, Hamburg, and Berlin; a year later, he opened his own law practice. Map of Germany showing location of Bochum Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Anthroposophy, also called spiritual science by its founder, Rudolf Steiner, is a philosophy (or, as some opponents claim, a religion) that sprung from the Theosophy movement. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Aphorism Critical legal studies Jurisprudence Law (principle) Legal research Letter versus Spirit List of legal abbreviations Legal code Natural justice Natural law Philosophy of law Religious law External links Find more information on Law by searching one of Wikipedias sibling projects: Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School... For the 2005 Steven Spielberg film, see Munich (film). ... Hamburg is Germanys second largest city (after Berlin) and, with the Hamburg Harbour, its principal port. ... // Basic Information Berlin â–¶(?), IPA: , is the capital of Germany and its largest city; the city is now home to 3. ...

In the 1970s, he became a public figure as a trial lawyer, defending several terrorists of the left-wing Red Army Faction. In 1971, he represented his then-friend Horst Mahler (who would later become an advocate of the right-wing NPD); during the Stammheim trial (1975-1977), he was the only remaining attorney of Gudrun Ensslin. His principled actions were popular and earned him wide respect; though at the time, some accused him of supporting the radicals' goals. The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ... Look up terrorist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... RAF Logo with red star and MP5 The Red Army Faction (in German: Rote Armee Fraktion; RAF), also known as the Baader-Meinhof Group, or the Baader-Meinhof Gang, which was one of the core groups within the RAF, was postwar Western Germanys most active left-wing terrorist organization. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Horst Mahler (born January 23, 1936), is a German lawyer and active member within both the Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (NPD) and Deutsches Kolleg, a right-wing think-tank calling for a nationalist revolution in Germany. ... National Democratic Party of Germany can refer to: National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) - a far-right political party in Germany National Democratic Party of Germany (East Germany) (NDPD)- a former political party in East Germany This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... Gudrun Ensslin Gudrun Ensslin (August 15, 1940 - October 18, 1977) was a founder of the German terrorist group Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF), better known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang. ...

In 1980, he joined the Green Party and was elected into the Bundestag from 1983. Due to the party's then-policy of rotating its representatives, he had to leave parliament in 1986, but he was re-elected in 1987. Increasingly estranged from the fundamentalist wing of the Greens, particularly regarding alliances with larger parties, he left the party in 1989, resigned from his seat in parliament, and joined the Social Democrats (SPD) instead – which he represented in the new Bundestag in 1990. In the following years, he was active on affairs of former East Germany and coordinating various legal policies of the SPD. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (literally: Alliance 90/The Greens), the German Green Party, is a political party in Germany whose regional predecessors were founded in the late 1970s as part of the new social movements. ... The Bundestag (Federal Diet) is the parliament of Germany. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... SPD redirects here. ...

After Gerhard Schröder became Bundeskanzler in 1998, he appointed Schily Minister of the Interior. He was frequently criticized for relatively conservative policies, for example, in pushing through German anti-terrorist legislation after the September 11 terrorist attacks, which many saw as contradictory to his earlier beliefs. On the other hand, political analysts viewed him as an indispensable member of the cabinet, in order not to leave Schröder susceptible to conservative criticism on issues of crime and immigration. The title of this article contains the character ö. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Gerhard Schroeder. ... The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ...

With more than 70 years of age, he was the most senior member of the cabinet.

Schily is married for the second time and has two daughters from his first marriage, Jenny, born 1967 (an actress), and Anne, born 1981.

References

• German Historic Museum biography of Otto Schily (German)
• Portrait in the Financial Times Deutschland (German)

See also

• Politics of Germany
• Red Army Faction