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'''Carl Otto Lenz''' (born 5 June 1930) is a German lawyer, member of the German [[Bundestag]] (1965–1984) for the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] and [[Advocate General (European Union)|Advocate General]] at the [[European Court of Justice]] (1984–1997).<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:KAS-Lenz, Carl Otto-Bild-715-1.jpg|thumb|Lenz on a 1965 election poster]]<br />
[[File:Bosman-lenz.png|200px|thumb|right|Carl Otto Lenz looking at the [[Bosman ruling]] - European Court of Justice, 7 March 2025]]<br />
Born in [[Berlin]], Carl Otto Lenz is the son of the lawyer Otto Lenz (Secretary of the Federal Chancellery 1951–1953, member of the German Bundestag 1953–1957) and Marie Liese Pohl. In 1948, he graduated from high school in [[Munich]]. From 1949 to 1953, he studied [[law]] and [[political science]] at the [[Ludwig-Maximilians University]] in Munich, the [[Albert-Ludwigs University]] of [[Freiburg]], the [[University of Geneva]] (Switzerland) and the [[University of Bonn]]. In Freiburg, he was a member of the Catholic Student Fraternity KDSt.V. Arminia Freiburg im Breisgau im CV. Lenz later studied at [[Cornell University]] in Ithaca, New York, the [[College of Administrative Sciences Speyer]] and [[Harvard University]] in Cambridge (Massachusetts). From 1961, he taught at the [[University of Bonn]].<br />
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In 1959, he became Secretary of the Christian Democratic Group of the [[European Parliament]] in Luxembourg; From 1965 to 1984 he was a member of the German Bundestag, representing [[Bergstraße (electoral district)|Bergstraße]]. For many years he was a member of the Legal Affairs Committee, and he was its chairman from 1969 to 1980.<br />
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Lenz is especially committed to Franco-German friendship; he was a member of the Franco-German Parliamentary Group and its chairman from 1969 to 1983.<br />
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From 1984 to 1997, Lenz was [[Advocate General (European Union)|Advocate General]] at the European Court of Justice. During this time, he drafted about 400 submissions to the Court of Justice. Lenz is also editor of a handbook and the author of numerous works concerning EC law.<br />
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Since 1998, he has been a lawyer in [[Frankfurt]] and [[Brussels]].<br />
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==Awards and honors==<br />
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* 1976: [[Federal Cross of Merit|Great Cross of Merit]] of the Federal Republic of Germany{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}<br />
* 1980: [[Officer of the Legion of Honor]]<br />
* 1983: Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit of the French Republic<br />
* 1987: Bearer of the Hans-Dahs Medal of the German Bar Association<br />
* 1990: Honorary Professor of the Department of European Law at the University of the Saarland<br />
* 1998: Bearer of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[List of members of the European Court of Justice]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
* {{cite web|url=http://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/carl+otto+lenz/0/11310.html|title=Carl Otto Runge|author=Munzinger Biographies|date=1998-09-28|access-date=2011-04-02|language=de}}<br />
* {{cite web|url=http://www.lto.de/de/html/nachrichten/651/VC3B6llig-unparteilich-fC3BCr-Europa/|title=Carl Otto Lenz zum Achtzigsten (On the occasion of C. O. Lenz' 80th birthday)|author=Jean-Claude Alexandre Ho|publisher=Legal Tribune Online|date=2010-06-07|access-date=2011-04-02|language=de}}<br />
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