Hans-Joachim Heusinger

Hans-Joachim Heusinger
Heusinger (right) in 1989
Minister of Justice
In office 16 October 1972 – 11 January 1990
Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Willi Stoph Horst Sindermann Willi Stoph Hans Modrow
Preceded by	Kurt Wünsche
Succeeded by	Kurt Wünsche
Volkskammer Member of the Volkskammer for Jüterbog, Königs Wusterhausen, Luckenwalde, Zossen In office 24 March 1961 – 5 April 1990 Preceded by Hans Loch (1960) Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Hans-Joachim Heusinger (1925-04-07)7 April 1925 Leipzig, Free State of Saxony, Weimar Republic (now Germany)
Died	26 June 2019(2019-06-26) (aged 94) Berlin, Germany
Political party	Association of Free Democrats (1990)
Other political affiliations	Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (1947–1990)
Alma mater	Deutsche Akademie für Staats- und Rechtswissenschaft „Walter Ulbricht“ (Dipl.-Jur.)
Occupation	Politician Party Functionary Electrician
Other offices held 1972–1989: Deputy Chairman, Council of Ministers 1972–1980: Deputy Chairman, Liberal Democratic Party of Germany 1957–1959: Chairman, Bezirk Cottbus LDPD

Hans-Joachim Heusinger (7 April 1925 – 26 June 2019) was a German politician and party functionary of the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD).

In the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime Minister of Justice until having to step down during the Peaceful Revolution.