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Jürgen Schmude
Schmude in 2009
Federal Minister of the Interior
In office 17 September 1982 – 1 October 1982
Chancellor	Helmut Schmidt
Preceded by	Gerhart Baum
Succeeded by	Friedrich Zimmermann
Federal Minister of Justice
In office 28 January 1981 – 1 October 1982
Chancellor	Helmut Schmidt
Preceded by	Hans-Jochen Vogel
Succeeded by	Hans A. Engelhard
Federal Minister of Education and Science
In office 16 February 1978 – 28 January 1981
Chancellor	Helmut Schmidt
Preceded by	Helmut Rohde
Succeeded by	Björn Engholm
Member of the Bundestag for Wesel II
In office 28 September 1969 – 2 December 1990
Preceded by	Fritz Büttner
Succeeded by	Peter Enders
Personal details
Born	(1936-06-09)9 June 1936 Insterburg, Gau East Prussia, Germany
Died	3 February 2025(2025-02-03) (aged 88)
Party	Social Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Göttingen University of Berlin University of Bonn University of Cologne
Profession	Jurist

Jürgen Dieter Paul Schmude (9 June 1936 – 3 February 2025) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

Schmude was born in Insterburg, Gau East Prussia, Germany, (now Chernyakhovsk, Russia). He was a member of the German Parliament, the Bundestag, from 1969 to 1994. From 1978 to 1981, he was Federal German Minister for Education and Science and later Federal Minister of Justice from 1981 to 1982, then briefly Minister of the Interior in 1982. He was married and had two children. Schmude died on 3 February 2025, at the age of 88.^[1]

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