Oliver Lepsius Oliver Lepsius Oliver Lepsius (born 2 February 1964) is a German professor of jurisprudence at the University of Bayreuth. His public profile was raised in 2011 by the scandal involving Germany's Defence Minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg. It was determined that the youthful minister's doctoral dissertation, awarded in 2007, had been over-dependent on plagiarism. The university revoked the doctorate and the minister resigned. In public interviews Oliver Lepsius, the university's professor of jurisprudence expressed his anger very powerfully over the affair. Oliver Nicolai Lepsius was born in Munich. By the time he completed his school leaving exams ("Abitur") he was attending
March 2011 President of European Conservatives and Reformists election Justice party. His party was accused of far-right politics. He resigned in January 2011 after having faced 'aggression' and 'hatred' from his colleagues in the party. On 28 January 2011, member of Czech Civic Democratic Party Jan Zahradil announced his candidacy. Zahradil started to seek support for his candidacy. He stated that he would try to attract more deputies to the group and improve its communication strategy if he becomes the new President.Zahradil was supported by the Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas. Timothy Kirkhope stated on the same day that he might seek Conservative Party nomination for the President. Polish