Answer the following question: Facts:   - profession: jurist    - successor: herta däubler-gmelin    - party: free democratic party    - spouse: marion von arnim 1968    - predecessor: sabine leutheusser-schnarrenberger    - office: federal minister of justice of germany      - term end: 26 october 1998    - term start: 17 january 1996    - birth date: 8 october 1941    - name: edzard schmidt-jortzig    - nationality: german    - website: -lsb- http://www.uni-kiel.de/oeffrecht/schmidt-jortzig/front_content.php?idcat=4 www.uni-kiel.de/oeffrecht/schmidt-jortzig/]    - birth place: berlin    - alma mater: university of hannover   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of edzard schmidt-jortzig .
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edzard schmidt-jortzig -lrb- born 8 october 1941 -rrb- is a german jurist .he currently holds the chair for public law at the university of kiel .a member of the free democratic party , he served as german federal minister of justice in the cabinet kohl v between 1996 and 1998 .born in berlin , schmidt-jortzig was raised in lüneburg , lower saxony .he studied law and received his first staatsexamen in 1966 , and the second in 1969 .in 1984 he became professor of public law at the university of kiel and also joined the free democratic party .in the german federal election , 1994 he earned a seat in the bundestag , and in 1996 he succeeded sabine leutheusser-schnarrenberger as federal minister of justice of germany .