Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig

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 German Federal Minister of Justice in the Cabinet Kohl V between 1996 and 1998.

Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig
Schmidt-Jortzig in 2015
Federal Minister of Justice of Germany
In office
17 January 1996  26 October 1998
Preceded bySabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger
Succeeded byHerta Däubler-Gmelin
Personal details
Born (1941-10-08) 8 October 1941
Berlin
NationalityGerman
Political partyFree Democratic Party
Spouse(s)
Marion von Arnim
(m. 1968)
Alma materUniversity of Hannover
ProfessionJurist
Websitewww.uni-kiel.de/oeffrecht/schmidt-jortzig/

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 professor of public law at the University of Kiel and also 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.


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