CV

• Born on 1 August 1977 in Gelsenkirchen.

• 1988 to 1997
  Max-Planck-Gymnasium secondary school in Gelsenkirchen-Buer, university entrance qualification

• since 1994
  Member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP)

• 1994
  Joined the Young Liberals

• 1997 to 1998
  Civilian service at Bruder-Jordan-Haus old people’s home in Gelsenkirchen-Buer

• 1998 to 2004
  Studied law at the University of Bonn; First state examination in law

• 2005 to 2007
  Practical legal training at Essen District Court

• 2007
  Second state examination in law, admission to practice law

• 2007 to 2013
  Lawyer in an international partnership

• 2009 to 2013
  Member of the Bundestag, most recently legal policy spokesperson for the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag

• 2014 to 2017
  General Secretary of the FDP

• 2016
  Obtained a doctorate at the University of Cologne, thesis on “The ECJ and principle of guarantee of ownership. An analysis of the origin and content of EU property law.”

• since 2017
  Member of the Bundestag

• since 2017
  Member of the Executive Committee of the FDP

• 2017 to 2021
  First Parliamentary Secretary of the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag

• since December 2021
  Federal Minister of Justice