Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger
| Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger | |
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| Minister of Justice | |
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| Assumed office 28 October 2009 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Brigitte Zypries |
| In office 18 May 1992 – 17 January 1996 |
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| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Klaus Kinkel |
| Succeeded by | Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig |
| Member of the Federal Diet of Germany | |
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| Assumed office 1990 |
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| Born | 26 July 1951 |
| Political party | Free Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen Bielefeld University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Website | Official website |
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger [zaˈbiːnə ˈlɔʏthɔʏsɐ ˈʃnaʀənˌbɛɐ̯ɡɐ] (born July 26, 1951) is a German politician of the pro-business Free Democratic Party. Within the FDP, she is a leading figure of the small social-liberal wing. She served as Federal Minister of Justice of Germany from 1992 to 1996 in the cabinet of Helmut Kohl, and holds the office again in the Second Cabinet Merkel from 2009.
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[edit] Early life and work
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 German Patent Office in Munich. When she left the organization she was a 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.
[edit] Political career
In 1978 Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger became a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). Since 1991 is a member of federal board of the FDP.
Since December 12, 1990 Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger is a member of the German Bundestag. On May 18, 1992 she was sworn in as Federal Minister of Justice of Germany. In 1995 there was a broad public discussion in Germany about the invulnerability of the private domain by means of acoustic observation (Großer Lauschangriff, literally "big listening attack"). In this argument she strongly objected to expanding the state's right to interfere in citizens' private domain. After the members of the FDP decided in a poll to support the conservative lead of the CDU in this matter, she resigned from her office on January 1, 1996. [1]
On October 28, 2009 she was appointed Federal minister of Justice. It is her third term.
[edit] Personal life
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger is widowed, after her husband died in 2006. Her father, Dr. Horst Leutheusser, was also a lawyer, and deputy mayor of Minden as member of the CDU. Her uncle, Wolfgang Stammberger, was one of her predecessors as minister of justice (from 1961 to 1962).
[edit] Miscellaneous
To her devotees from the FDP's social-liberal wing Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger is also known as "Schnarri" and SLS.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID3037054_TYP1_NAVSPM2~3036854_REF1,00.html Zehn Jahre Diskussion um den Großen Lauschangriff (German)
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
[edit] External links
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- Official site (German)
- Biography on German Bundestag website (German)
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| Preceded by Klaus Kinkel |
Minister of Justice 1992–1996 |
Succeeded by Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig |
| Preceded by Brigitte Zypries |
Minister of Justice 2009–present |
Incumbent |
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