Background
EHMKE, Horst Paul August was born on February 4, 1927 in Danzig. Son of Doctor medical Paul Ehmke and Iledwig (nee Hafften).
EHMKE, Horst Paul August was born on February 4, 1927 in Danzig. Son of Doctor medical Paul Ehmke and Iledwig (nee Hafften).
Danzig secondary school. University of Gottingen, law, economics. University of Princeton/USA, history, political science.
University o Freiburg/Breisgau, Professor for Public Law, 1961.
Research assistent, parly, group of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany), 1952-1956. Undersecretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, 1967-1969. Member of Exec, board, German Society for Foreign Policy.
Member of Exec, board, Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Federal Minister of Justice, Mar.-Oct. 1969; Federal Minister for Special Tasks October 1969- December 72.
Head of Federal Chancellory, October 1969-Dec. 72; Federal Minister of Research and Technology, December 1972-May 74. Federal Minister of Postal Services and Telecommunications, December 1972- May 74.
Member of Exec, board, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany), since 1973. Deputy chairman, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany) parly, group, since 1977. Chairman. Working Group I, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany), since 1977.
Member of Bundestag, party list of Nordrhein-Westfalen. Research assistent. Ford Foundation, Köln and Berkeley/USA.
Protestant
Bundestag since 1969.
Married 1st Theda Baehr, 2nd Maria Hlavacova in 1972.