Hans A. Engelhard

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

Further reading

• Kerscher, Helmut (March 11, 2008), "Früherer Justizminister Hans Engelhard gestorben", Süddeutsche Zeitung 

Secretaries and Ministers of Justice of Germany
German Empire (1871–1919)	Heinrich Friedberg Hermann von Schelling Otto von Oehlschläger Robert Bosse Eduard Hanauer Rudolf Arnold Nieberding Hermann Lisco Paul von Krause
Weimar Republic (1919–1932)	Otto Landsberg Eugen Schiffer Andreas Blunck Eugen Schiffer Gustav Radbruch Rudolf Heinze Gustav Radbruch Erich Emminger Curt Joël Josef Frenken Hans Luther Wilhelm Marx Johannes Bell Oskar Hergt Erich Koch-Weser Theodor von Guérard Johann Viktor Bredt Curt Joël Franz Gürtner
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)	Franz Gürtner Franz Schlegelberger Otto Georg Thierack
German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)	Max Fechner Hilde Benjamin Kurt Wünsche Hans-Joachim Heusinger Kurt Wünsche Manfred Walther
Federal Republic of Germany (1949–)	Thomas Dehler Fritz Neumayer Hans-Joachim von Merkatz Fritz Schäffer Wolfgang Stammberger Ewald Bucher Karl Weber Richard Jaeger Gustav Heinemann Horst Ehmke Gerhard Jahn Hans-Jochen Vogel Jürgen Schmude Hans A. Engelhard Klaus Kinkel Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig Herta Däubler-Gmelin Brigitte Zypries Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger Heiko Maas