Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger
| Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger | |
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Federal Minister of Justice Germany
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In office 28 October 2009 – 17 December 2013 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Brigitte Zypries |
| Succeeded by | Heiko Maas |
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In office 18 May 1992 – 17 January 1996 |
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| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Klaus Kinkel |
| Succeeded by | Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig |
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In office 1990 – 2013 |
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26 July 1951 Minden, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Free Democratic Party |
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University of Göttingen Bielefeld University |
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| Website | Official website |
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger [zaˈbiːnə ˈlɔʏthɔʏsɐ ˈʃnaʀənˌbɛɐ̯ɡɐ] (born 26 July 1951) is a German politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party and a prominent advocate of human rights in Germany and Europe. Within the FDP, she is a leading figure of the social-liberal wing. She served as Federal Minister of Justice of Germany from 1992 to 1996 in the cabinet of Helmut Kohl and again in the second Merkel cabinet from 2009 to 2013. In 2013, the new German government announced Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger’s candidacy for the office of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
She was born in Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia. After graduating from gymnasium in Minden in 1970, Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger started studying law in Göttingen and Bielefeld. In 1975 she passed the first state exam in Hamm, in 1978 the second state exam in Düsseldorf.
From 1979 to 1990 she worked at the Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt in Munich, eventually as managing director.
In addition to her mandate as a member of the German parliament (Bundestag), she has been working as a lawyer in Munich since 1997.
In 1978 Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger became a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). Since 1991 she has been a member of federal board of the FDP.
From 12 December 1990 Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger was a member of the German Bundestag. On 18 May 1992 she was sworn in as Federal Minister of Justice of Germany, following the nomination of incumbent Klaus Kinkel as Foreign Minister in the government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
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