Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger
1970 Abitur in Minden. Studied law in Göttingen and Bielefeld, first state examination in 1975, second state examination in 1978.
1979 to end of 1990 employed at the German Patent Office in Munich, since 1989 Head of Department for Personnel, Budget, Training, Procurement. Since 1997 attorney at law in Munich.
Honorary judge at the Munich Labor Court, associate judge at the Federal Disciplinary Court. Board member of the Theodor Heuss Foundation and the association "Gegen Vergessen - Für Demokratie e. V." (Against Forgetting - For Democracy); member of the German Women Lawyers Association, the Child Protection Association, the Society for the Protection of Intellectual Property, the ProJUSTITIA Foundation, the Board of Trustees of the Sebastian Cobler Foundation and the Starnberg Animal Protection Association. Awarded the Hamm-Brücher Medal, the Paul-Klinger Prize and Woman of the Year 1997 by Mona Lisa.
Member of the FDP since 1978, member of the Federal Committee on Internal Affairs and Law, member of the FDP Federal Executive Committee since 1997, Chairwoman of the FDP Bavaria since December 2000. Since March 2002 county councilor in Starnberg.
Member of the Bundestag since 1990; May 18, 1992 to January 17, 1996 Federal Minister of Justice, since 2002 Deputy Chairwoman of the FDP parliamentary group.
1979 to end of 1990 employed at the German Patent Office in Munich, since 1989 Head of Department for Personnel, Budget, Training, Procurement. Since 1997 attorney at law in Munich.
Honorary judge at the Munich Labor Court, associate judge at the Federal Disciplinary Court. Board member of the Theodor Heuss Foundation and the association "Gegen Vergessen - Für Demokratie e. V." (Against Forgetting - For Democracy); member of the German Women Lawyers Association, the Child Protection Association, the Society for the Protection of Intellectual Property, the ProJUSTITIA Foundation, the Board of Trustees of the Sebastian Cobler Foundation and the Starnberg Animal Protection Association. Awarded the Hamm-Brücher Medal, the Paul-Klinger Prize and Woman of the Year 1997 by Mona Lisa.
Member of the FDP since 1978, member of the Federal Committee on Internal Affairs and Law, member of the FDP Federal Executive Committee since 1997, Chairwoman of the FDP Bavaria since December 2000. Since March 2002 county councilor in Starnberg.
Member of the Bundestag since 1990; May 18, 1992 to January 17, 1996 Federal Minister of Justice, since 2002 Deputy Chairwoman of the FDP parliamentary group.
