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Hans A Engelhard

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Preceded by
  
Jurgen Schmude

Profession
  
Jurist

Succeeded by
  
Klaus Kinkel

Alma mater
  
University of Munich

Party
  
Free Democratic Party

Role
  
Jurist

Nationality
  
German

Name
  
Hans Engelhard


Hans A. Engelhard

Born
  
September 16, 1934 Munich, Bavaria (
1934-09-16
)

Died
  
March 11, 2008, Munich, Germany

Education
  
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Political party
  
Free Democratic Party

Hans Arnold Engelhard (16 September 1934 – 11 March 2008) was a German jurist. A member of the Free Democratic Party, he served as German Federal Minister of Justice in the Cabinet Kohl I, II, and III, between 1982 and 1991.

Born in Munich, Engelhard studied law at the University of Erlangen and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and received his second Staatsexamen in 1963.

Having joined the Free Democratic Party in 1954, Engelhard won a seat in the Bundestag in the German federal election, 1972.

In 1981 he succeeded Jürgen Schmude as Federal Minister of Justice of Germany, and served until 1992.

Auszeichnungen

  • 1984: Bayerischer Verdienstorden
  • 1989: Bundesverdienstkreuz
  • References

    Hans A. Engelhard Wikipedia