Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger

Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger
Federal Minister of Justice
In office 28 October 2009 – 17 December 2013
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Brigitte Zypries
Succeeded by	Heiko Maas
In office 18 May 1992 – 17 January 1996
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl
Preceded by	Klaus Kinkel
Succeeded by	Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig
Member of the Bundestag for Bavaria
In office 2 December 1990 – 22 September 2013
Constituency	Free Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born	Sabine Leutheusser (1951-07-26) 26 July 1951 (age 73) Minden, West Germany
Political party	Free Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Göttingen Bielefeld University
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Website	Official website

Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger [zaˈbiːnə ˈlɔʏthɔʏsɐ ˈʃnaʀənˌbɛɐ̯ɡɐ] (née Leutheusser; born 26 July 1951) is a German politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party and a prominent advocate of human rights in Germany and Europe.^[1] Within the FDP, she is a leading figure of the social-liberal wing. She served as Federal Minister of Justice of Germany from 1992 to 1996 in the cabinet of Helmut Kohl and again in the second Merkel cabinet from 2009 to 2013. In 2013, the new German government announced Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger's candidacy for the office of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.^[2][3]