Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger is Federal Minister of Justice. The 60-year-old lawyer held the same post from 1992 to 1996, when she resigned in the wake of a dispute within the FDP on the policy on telephone tapping. She is widowed and lives in Munich.

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Born on 26 July 1951 in Minden/Westfalen, widowed

1970
Abitur (higher education entrance qualification) in Minden

1970 – 1975
Studied law in Göttingen und Bielefeld

1975
First state examination in Hamm

1978
Second state examination in Düsseldorf

since 1978

Member of the FDP

since 1987
Member of the FDP National Committee on Internal Affairs and Law

1979 - 1990
Employed by the German Patent Office in Munich,
latterly ranked as Assistant Ministerial Counsellor

since 1990
Member of the German Bundestag

since 1991
Member of the Federal Executive of the FDP

since 1992
Federal Minister of Justice

17 November 1994
Sworn in again as Federal Minister of Justice

17 January 1996
Resigned as Federal Minister of Justice following a decision by the FDP
membership regarding policy on telephone tapping

2001 - 2002
Deputy Chairwoman of the FDP parliamentary group in the German Bundestag

since 2005
Deputy Chairwoman of the FDP parliamentary group in the German Bundestag

since October 2009
Federal Minister of Justice

Photos small and large: REGIERUNGonline/Chaperon

Berlin office
Mohrenstraße 37
10117 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 18 580-0
Fax: +49 (0) 30 18 580-9525

Bonn office
Adenauer Allee 99 - 103
53113 Bonn
Phone: +49 (0) 22899 580-0
Fax: +49 (0) 22899 580-8325

Website of the Federal Minstry of Justice