Gerd Kaminski

Gerd Kaminski (14 December 1942 – 7 August 2022) was an Austrian legal scholar and an expert in Chinese affairs.

He has been head of the Boltzmann Institute for Chinese and Southeast Asian Research in Vienna since his habilitation in 1978.

Furthermore, he was a Chinese affairs consultant to the Austrian Foreign Ministry.

One of his main focuses in his studies was the conception of Chinese law.

He has travelled to Asia more than 70 times und wrote more than 35 books.