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
Minister of Defence (Estonia) Minister of Defence (Estonia) The Minister of Defence ("Estonian: Kaitseminister") is the senior minister at the Ministry of Defence ("Kaitseministeerium") in the Estonian Government. The Minister is one of the most important members of the Estonian government, with responsibility for coordinating the governments policies on national defence and the military forces. The Defence Minister is chosen by the Prime Minister as a part of the government. The current Defence Minister is Jüri Luik. When the position was originally established in 1918, it was called the Minister of War ("Sõjaminister"). The post was renamed Minister of Defence on April 1, 1929,