Richard Jaeger (16 February 1913 – 15 May 1998) was a German

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of the

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. Under

Ludwig Erhard Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard (; 4 February 1897 – 5 May 1977) was a German politician affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and chancellor of West Germany from 1963 until 1966. He is known for leading the West German postwar economic ...

's second ministry, he was Minister of Justice (26 October 1965 – 1 December 1966). From 1933, Jaeger was a member of Hitler's paramilitary organization, the

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(SA). From 1949 to 1980 Jaeger was a member of German

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. From 1972 to 1974, Jaeger was President of the

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(CEDI). He was married and had six children.

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