Hans-Joachim Jentsch

Hans-Joachim Jentsch (September 20, 1937 – March 28, 2021) was a German lawyer and politician (CDU). He was a member of the German Bundestag from 1976 to 1982, mayor of Wiesbaden – the capital of Hesse – from 1982 to 1985, a member of the Landtag of Hesse from 1987 to 1990, minister of justice in Thuringia from 1990 to 1994, and a justice of the Federal Constitutional Court from 1996 to 2005. Biography After passing the Second State Examination in 1966, Jentsch received his doctorate in Marburg with a thesis titled . In the same year he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Wiesbaden. In 1977, he was also appointed as a notary public. Both licenses were suspended during his activities as mayor, minister and constitutional judge. Hans-Joachim Jentsch was married, had an adult daughter and last lived in Wiesbaden. He died in March 2021 at the age of 83. Member of Parliament Jentsch was a member of the German Bundestag from December 14, 1976, to September 8, 1982. He belonged to the Landtag of Hesse in its 12th legislative period. He succeeded Otti Geschka, who had been appointed state secretary, in the state parliament on April 27, 1987, but resigned his seat on November 19, 1990, to take up his ministerial post in the Thuringian state government.