Hans Apel
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Federal Minister of Defence Germany
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In office 16 February 1978 – 1 October 1982 |
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| Chancellor | Helmut Schmidt |
| Preceded by | Georg Leber |
| Succeeded by | Manfred Wörner |
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Federal Minister of Finance Germany
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In office 16 May 1974 – 16 February 1978 |
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| Chancellor | Helmut Schmidt |
| Preceded by | Helmut Schmidt |
| Succeeded by | Hans Matthöfer |
| Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Foreign Office | |
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In office 15 December 1972 – 16 May 1974 |
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| Chancellor | Willy Brandt |
| Minister | Walter Scheel |
| Succeeded by | Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski |
| Deputy Chairman of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag | |
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In office 28 September 1969 – 19 November 1972 |
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In office 6 March 1983 – 5 September 1988 |
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| Member of the German Bundestag | |
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In office 19 October 1965 – 20 December 1990 |
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| Born | 25 February 1932 Hamburg, Germany |
| Died | 6 September 2011 (aged 79) Hamburg, Germany |
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Social Democratic Party (1955–until his death) |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg |
Hans Eberhard Apel (25 February 1932 – 6 September 2011) was a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). From 1972 to 1974 he was Parliamentary State Secretary to the Foreign Minister. From 1974 to 1978 he was the Minister of Finance and from 1978 to 1982 he was the Minister of Defence.
After completing his Abitur (roughly equivalent to graduating high school, A-Level exam) in 1954 in Hamburg, he served an apprenticeship as an import and export businessman, in Hamburg. After completing his apprenticeship he went to university, where he studied Economics. In 1960 he was awarded a doctorate in Political Science. From 1958 to 1961 he was the Secretary of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament.
In 1962 he became a civil servant at the European Parliament, where he served as Department Head responsible for Economics, Finance and Transport. In 1993 he was appointed an honorary professor of Economics at the .
Hans and Ingrid Apel wed in 1956; they had two daughters.
Apel joined the SPD in 1955. From 1970 to 1988 he was a member of the National Executive (Bundesvorstand) of the SPD, and from 1986 to 1988 he was also a member of the Executive Board (Präsidium). From 1965 to 1990, Apel was a member of the German Bundestag, representing Hamburg Nord. In 1969 he was deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group and again in 1983, after the new elections, until 1988.
In 1972, Apel was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary for European Questions at the German Foreign Office. In 1974, he was appointed Finance Minister in the government of Helmut Schmidt. After the cabinet reshuffle of 1978, he was put in charge of the Ministry of Defense.
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