Jürgen Dieter Paul Schmude (9 June 1936 – 3 February 2025) was a German politician of the

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(SPD). Schmude was born in

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, Gau East Prussia, Germany, (now Chernyakhovsk, Russia). He was a member of the German Parliament, the ''

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'', 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.Früherer Bundesminister und EKD-Präses Jürgen Schmude gestorben
. evangelisch.de, 4 February 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.

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