Peter Müller (politician)

Peter Müller
Müller in 2009
Judge of the
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
for the Second Senate
In office
19 December 2011  21 December 2023
Nominated byCDU/CSU
Appointed byBundesrat
Preceded byUdo Di Fabio
Succeeded byPeter Frank
Minister-President of the Saarland
In office
29 September 1999  9 August 2011
Deputy
  • Peter Jacoby
  • Christoph Hartmann
Preceded byReinhard Klimmt
Succeeded byAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
President of the Bundesrat
In office
1 November 2008  31 October 2009
First Vice PresidentOle von Beust
Preceded byOle von Beust
Succeeded byJens Böhrnsen
Minister of Justice of the Saarland
In office
10 November 2009  24 August 2011
Minister-Presidenthimself
Preceded byGerhard Vigener
Succeeded byAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Leader of the Opposition
in the Landtag of Saarland
In office
12 April 1994  29 September 1999
Minister-President
Preceded byPeter Jacoby
Succeeded byHeiko Maas
Leader of the
Christian Democratic Union
in the Landtag of Saarland
In office
12 April 1994  29 September 1999
Preceded byPeter Jacoby
Succeeded byPeter Hans
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundestag
for Saarland
In office
18 October 2005  28 November 2005
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byHermann-Josef Scharf
ConstituencyChristian Democratic Union list
Member of the
Landtag of Saarland
In office
21 Februar 1990  August 2011
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byEgbert Ulrich
ConstituencyChristian Democratic Union of Germany List
Personal details
Born
Peter Aloysius Müller

(1955-09-25) 25 September 1955
Illingen, Saar Protectorate (now Saarland, Germany)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union (1971–)
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
University of Saarbrücken
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Judge
  • Lecturer

Peter Aloysius Müller (born 25 September 1955 in Illingen, Saar Protectorate) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a judge at the German Federal Constitutional Court from 2011 to 2023.

From 1999 to 2011, Müller held the position of Premier (Ministerpräsident) of the state of Saarland, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 2008/09.