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Dr. Gerhart-Rudolf BAUM Edit Profile

Member of the Bundestag

Dr. Gerhart-Rudolf BAUM, German Member of the Bundestag. Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1981.

Background

BAUM, Dr. Gerhart-Rudolf was born on October 28, 1932 in Dresden. Parents: Doctor of Jurisprudence (Law) Werner Baum.

Education

High School, Dresden. Tegernsee; leaving examination, Cologne. University Cologne. Law, examinations Parts I and II, 1957 and 1961.

Career

Member of Federal Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) committee, 1966. Federal chairman, German Young Democrats, 1966-1968. Chairman District Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) Cologne and member of Land committee, North-Rhine Westphalia, 1968.

Member of council, Cologne (Group leader), 1969-1973. Member of Bundestag since 1972. Parliamentary Secretary of State, Federal Ministry of the Interior, 1972-1977.

Minister of the Interior, 1977-1982. Deputy Federal Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) chairman, 1982.

Works

  • Other Work

    • Deutsche Innenpolitik - Der Staat auf dem Weg zum Burger, 1980. Auf und Ab der Liberalen, 1983.

Religion

Protestant.

Connections

Spouse Inge; children: three.