Hans Arnold Engelhard is a German

Germany

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 jurist

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. A member of the Free Democratic Party

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, he served as German Federal Minister of Justice

Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany)

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 in the Cabinet Kohl I

Cabinet Kohl I

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, II

Cabinet Kohl II

The second cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in on March 29, 1983 and laid down its function on March 11, 1987. The cabinet was formed after the 1983 elections...

, and III

Cabinet Kohl III

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, between 1982 and 1991.

Born in Munich

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

Staatsexamen

The ' is a German government licensing examination that future doctors, teachers, pharmacists, food chemists and jurists have to pass to be allowed to work in their profession. The examination is generally organized by government examination agencies which are under the authority of the...

 in 1963.

Having joined the Free Democratic Party in 1954, Engelhard was gained a seat in the Bundestag

Bundestag

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 in the German federal election, 1972

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In 1981 he succeeded Jürgen Schmude

Jürgen Schmude

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 as Federal Minister of Justice of Germany, and served until 1992.

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Many people hate him.