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Gerhart Baum

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Gerhart Baum

Bundesminister a. D.
Baum in 2023
Federal Minister of the Interior
In office
8 June 1978 – 17 September 1982
ChancellorHelmut Schmidt
Preceded byWerner Maihofer
Succeeded byJürgen Schmude
Parliamentary Secretary of State for the Interior
In office
15 December 1972 – 8 June 1978
ChancellorHelmut Schmidt
Preceded byWolfram Dorn
Succeeded byAndreas von Schoeler
Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine–Westphalia
In office
19 November 1972 – 16 October 1994
ConstituencyState Wide Party List
Personal details
Born (1932-10-28) 28 October 1932 (age 92)
Dresden, Germany
Political partyFree Democratic Party (FDP)
Alma materUniversity of Cologne
ProfessionLawyer
Websitegerhart-baum.de

Gerhart Rudolf Baum (born 28 October 1932) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and a lawyer. He was the Minister of the Interior from 1972 to 1982.

From 2001 to 2003, Baum served as UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Sudan.[1][2]

References

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  1. Situation of human rights in the Sudan Archived 2022-12-27 at the Wayback Machine United Nations, Report of the Special Rapporteur, Gerhart Baum, submitted in accordance with Commission resolution 2001/18.
  2. UN Human rights rapporteur in Sudan BBC News, 11 March 2001.