Horst Ehmke
| Horst Ehmke | |
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Horst Ehmke in 1973
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| Federal Minister of Justice | |
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In office 26 March 1969 – 22 October 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Gustav Heinemann |
| Succeeded by | Gerhard Jahn |
| Chief of Staff of the German Chancellery | |
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In office 22 October 1969 – 15 December 1972 |
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| Preceded by | Karl Carstens |
| Succeeded by | Horst Grabert |
| Federal Minister of Research, Technology, and Post | |
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In office 15 December 1972 – 7 May 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Lauritz Lauritzen |
| Succeeded by | Kurt Gscheidle |
| Personal details | |
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Horst Paul August Ehmke 4 February 1927 Free City of Danzig |
| Died | 12 March 2017 (aged 90) Bonn |
| Political party | SPD |
| Occupation | Professor of law |
Horst Paul August Ehmke (4 February 1927 – 12 March 2017) was a German lawyer, law professor and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as Federal Minister of Justice (1969), Chief of Staff at the German Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Affairs (1969–1972) and Federal Minister for Research, Technology, and Post (1972–1974).
Ehmke was born in the Free City of Danzig, where he passed his Abitur. In 1944, at the age of 17, Ehmke was enrolled as a member of the Nazi Party, although when this became public knowledge in 2007 as part of a media investigation of Nazi archives, he stated that he had made no application and was previously unaware of the enrollment. Following the Expulsion of Germans after World War II he came as a refugee to western Germany. He studied Law and Economics in Göttingen and Political science and History at Princeton University (U.S.) from 1949 to 1950. In 1952, he promoted as Dr. iur., and in 1956, he passed his final examinations. In these years, he was the assistant of Adolf Arndt, member of the Bundestag (SPD).
From 1956 to 1960, Ehmke became a member of the Ford Foundation in Cologne and Berkeley. After passing his Habilitation in 1960, he became Professor of public law at the University of Freiburg, where he became the Dean. From 1963 on, Ehmke was ordinary Professor and held the chair of Law at this university. Since 1974, he was accredited as a lawyer.
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