caption predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party profession office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
hans-joachim von merkatz -lrb- left -rrb- fritz neumayer fritz schäffer 25 february 1982 stargard , province of pomerania bonn , germany german party christian democratic union lawyer , politician german federal minister of justice 07 july 1905 1956 bundesarchiv gouverneur aus Ägypten.jpg b 145 bild-f013693-0024 , bonn , merkatz empfängt hans-joachim von merkatz
 1957 hans-joachim von merkatz university of jena ludwig maximilian university of munich
hans-joachim von merkatz

hans-joachim von merkatz -lrb- july 7 , 1905 -- february 25 , 1982 -rrb- was a german politician .
he was federal minister of justice from 1956 to 1957 .
he was a member of the bundestag from 1949 to 1961 .
he was a member of the german party before joining the christian democratics in 1960 .
