Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig
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Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig (born 8 October 1941) is a German jurist. He currently holds the chair for public law at the University of Kiel. A member of the Free Democratic Party, he served as Federal Minister of Justice in the Fifth Kohl cabinet between 1996 and 1998.
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Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig | |
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Federal Minister of Justice | |
In office 17 January 1996 – 26 October 1998 | |
Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
Preceded by | Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger |
Succeeded by | Herta Däubler-Gmelin |
Personal details | |
Born | (1941-10-08) 8 October 1941 (age 82) Berlin, Germany |
Political party | Free Democratic |
Spouse |
Marion von Arnim (m. 1968) |
Alma mater | University of Hannover |
Profession | Jurist |
Website | www.uni-kiel.de/oeffrecht/schmidt-jortzig/ |
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Born in Berlin, Schmidt-Jortzig was raised in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony. He studied law and received his first Staatsexamen in 1966, and the second in 1969. In 1984, he became a professor of public law at the University of Kiel and joined the Free Democratic Party.
In the 1994 German federal election, he earned a seat in the Bundestag, and in 1996, he succeeded Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger as Federal Minister of Justice of Germany.