Dr. jur. h. c. [1] Albrecht Krieger (died 2 October 2007 in Berlin, Germany [1] ) was a German civil servant who was chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation from October 1987 to 18 October 1990. [2] [3]
In 1946, Albrecht Krieger started studying law at the Friedrich Wilhelm-Universität, now the Humboldt University of Berlin (German : Humboldt-Universität). [1] In 1953, he entered the German Federal Ministry of Justice (German: Bundesministerium der Justiz) and worked there for almost forty years, until 1 May 1990. [1]
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