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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
Dresden, Germany
Died15 February 2025(2025-02-15) (aged 92)
Cologne, Germany
Political partyFree Democratic Party (FDP)
Alma materUniversity of Cologne
ProfessionLawyer
Signature
Websitegerhart-baum.de

Gerhart Rudolf Baum (28 October 1932 – 15 February 2025) was 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]

Baum died on 15 February 2025 at a hospital in Cologne, Germany at the age of 92.[3]

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.
  3. Gerhart Baum ist tot. faz.net, 15 February 2025 (in German). Retrieved 15 February 2025.