Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig (born 8 October 1941) is a German jurist.

A member of the Free Democratic Party, he served as Federal Minister of Justice in the Fifth Kohl cabinet between 1996 and 1998.

Born in Berlin, Schmidt-Jortzig was raised in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony.

In 1984, he became a professor of public law at the University of Kiel and joined the Free Democratic Party.

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