Hans A. Engelhard

Hans Arnold Engelhard (16 September 1934 – 11 March 2008) was a German jurist.^[1] A member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), he served as German Federal Minister of Justice in the Cabinet Kohl I, II, and III, between 1982 and 1991.^[2]

Hans A. Engelhard
Engelhard at the Free Democratic Party convention in 1982
Federal Minister of Justice of Germany
In office 4 October 1982 – 18 January 1991
Preceded by	Jürgen Schmude
Succeeded by	Klaus Kinkel
Member of the Bundestag
In office 13 December 1972 – 10 November 1994
Personal details
Born	(1934-09-16)16 September 1934 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Died	11 March 2008(2008-03-11) (aged 73) Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Political party	Free Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Munich
Profession	Jurist

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.^[3][4]

Having joined the Free Democratic Party in 1954, he won a seat in the Bundestag in the 1972 German federal election.^[5]

In 1982, he succeeded Jürgen Schmude as Federal Minister of Justice of Germany, and served until 1992.^[2]

Awards

• 1984: Bayerischer Verdienstorden
• 1989: Bundesverdienstkreuz

Further reading

• Kerscher, Helmut (11 March 2008), "Früherer Justizminister Hans Engelhard gestorben", Süddeutsche Zeitung, archived from the original on 13 February 2009, retrieved 21 December 2009