Background
BAUM, Gerhart-Rudolf was born on October 28, 1932 in Dresden. Parents: Doctor of Jurisprudence (Law) Werner Baum.
BAUM, Gerhart-Rudolf was born on October 28, 1932 in Dresden. Parents: Doctor of Jurisprudence (Law) Werner Baum.
High School, Dresden. Tegernsee; leaving examination, Cologne. University Cologne. Law, examinations Parts I and II, 1957 and 1961.
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.
Protestant
Spouse Inge; children: three.