| Hans A. Engelhard | |
| Office: | Federal Minister of Justice of Germany |
| Term Start: | 4 October 1982 |
| Term End: | 18 January 1991 |
| Predecessor: | Jürgen Schmude |
| Successor: | Klaus Kinkel |
| Office2: | Member of the Bundestag |
| Term Start2: | 13 December 1972 |
| Term End2: | 10 November 1994 |
| Birth Date: | 16 September 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Death Place: | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Party: | Free Democratic Party |
| Alma Mater: | University of Munich |
| Profession: | Jurist |
Hans Arnold Engelhard (16 September 1934 – 11 March 2008) was a German jurist.[1] A member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), he served as German Federal Minister of Justice in the Cabinet Kohl I, II, and III, between 1982 and 1991.[2]
Born in Munich, Engelhard studied law at the University of Erlangen and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and received his second Staatsexamen in 1963.[3] [4]
Having joined the Free Democratic Party in 1954, he won a seat in the Bundestag in the 1972 German federal election.[5]
In 1982, he succeeded Jürgen Schmude as Federal Minister of Justice of Germany, and served until 1992.