Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig 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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Born: 1941 (age 82 years), Berlin, Germany
Party: Free Democratic Party
Previous office: Federal Minister of Justice of Germany (1996–1998)
Education: Leibniz University Hannover
Parents: Friedrich Traugott Schmidt
Spouse: Marion von Arnim (m. 1968)