, Heinrich Brauns, Albert Neuhaus, Karl Stingl, Rudolf Krohne, Otto von Schlieben Frenken was born on 27 September 1854 at near
Heinsberg. He joined the
Prussian civil service and was awarded a "Dr. jur." before becoming a public prosecutor at
Cologne. From 1899 he worked in the Prussian Ministry of Justice and in 1913 became
Ministerialdirektor in the department for criminal cases and prison administration. From 1914 to 1916, Frenken served as
Unterstaatssekretär (under secretary) at the German Ministry for
Alsace-Lorraine. In 1916 he became president of the
Higher Regional Court of Cologne. He retired as a judge in 1922, but in January 1925 became
Reichsjustizminister (Minister of Justice) in the
first cabinet of Hans Luther as he was close to (or actually a member of) the Catholic Centre Party. While in office, he was also in charge of the
Ministry for the Occupied Territories. Frenken resigned on 21 November 1925, protesting the
Locarno Treaties, which he had strictly opposed. Frenken died on 10 September 1943 at Cologne. ==References==