What is Horst Ehmke?
{{Infobox politician | image = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F041575-0018, Horst Ehmke bei Pressekonferenz.jpg | imagesize = 180px | caption = Horst Ehmke in 1973 | name = Horst Ehmke | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|2|4|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Danzig]], [[Free City of Danzig]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|3|12|1927|2|4|df=y}} | death_place = [[Bonn]] | office = [[Minister of Justice (Germany)|Federal Minister of Justice]] | term_start = 26 March 1969 | term_end = 22 October 1969 | predecessor = [[Gustav Heinemann]] | successor = [[Gerhard Jahn]] | office2 = Chief of Staff of the [[German Chancellery]] | term_start2 = 22 October 1969 | term_end2 = 15 December 1972 | predecessor2 = [[Karl Carstens]] | successor2 = [[Horst Grabert]] | office3 = Federal Minister of Research, Technology, and Post | term_start3 = 15 December 1972 | term_end3 = 7 May 1974 | predecessor3 = [[Lauritz Lauritzen]] | successor3 = [[Kurt Gscheidle]] | party = [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] | otherparty = | occupation = Professor of law }} '''Horst Paul August Ehmke''' (4 February 1927 – 12 March 2017) was a German lawyer, law professor and politician of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD). He served as [[Minister of Justice (Germany)|Federal Minister of Justice]] (1969), Chief of Staff at the [[German Chancellery]] and [[Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany|Federal Minister for Special Affairs]] (1969–1972) and Federal Minister for Research, Technology, and Post (1972–1974). Ehmke died on 12 March 2017 in [[Bonn]] at the age of 90.<ref>{{Cite web|last=AP|date=2017-03-13|title=Horst Ehmke, aide to West German leader Brandt, dies at 90|url=https://poststar.com/news/world/horst-ehmke-aide-to-west-german-leader-brandt-dies-at/article_a0bc79d2-35a2-5cc5-9505-02cbfde9a5ce.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313180040/http://poststar.com/news/world/horst-ehmke-aide-to-west-german-leader-brandt-dies-at/article_a0bc79d2-35a2-5cc5-9505-02cbfde9a5ce.html|