Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger

Born on July 26th 1951 in Minden/Westfalen, widowed

Professional Career:

1970 German university entrance qualification ("Abitur")
1970-1975 Legal studies at the Universities of Göttingen and Bielefeld
1975 First State Exam in Hamm, 1978 Second State Exam in Düsseldorf
1979-1990 German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA)
Since December 2nd, 1990 Member of the German Federal Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag)
May 18th 1992 Inauguration as Federal Minister of Justice
November 17th 1994 Re-inauguration as Federal Minister of Justice
January 17th, 1996 Resignation as Federal Minister of Justice after a ballot among the members of the FDP (Free Democratic Party) on the law on electronic eavesdropping for the purpose of criminal prosecution
Since July 1996 Attorney-at-law in Munich
Since Oktober 28th, 2009 Federal Minister of Justice

Free Democratic Party (FDP):

Since 1978 Member of the FDP
1982 - 2001 Chairwoman of the FDP district chapter in Starnberg (Bavaria)
Since 1987 Member of the FDP Federal Expert Committee for home policy and legal policy
January 1996 - March 2001 Chairwoman of the FDP Bavarian Expert Committee for home policy and legal policy
Since 1991 Member of the FDP Federal Executive Committee ("Bundesvorstand")
Since May 1997 Member of the Supervisory Board of the FDP ("Präsidium")
Since December 2nd, 2000 FDP Chairwoman for the Federal State of Bavaria
Deputy Chairwoman of the FDP parliamentary group
Federal German Parliament Spokeswoman on legal policy for the FDP parliamentary group
Chairwoman of the FDP at the parliamentary committee on legal affairs
Deputy Member at the parliamentary committee for human rights and humanitarian assistance
Member of the German delegation at the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe

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Honorary offices:

Member of the Executive Committee ("Vorstand") of the Theodor Heuss Stiftung
Patron ("Schirmherrin") and member of Dunkelziffer e.V. - Hilfe für sexuell missbrauchte Kinder
Member of the German Child Protection Agency (Deutscher Kinderschutzbund e.V.)