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Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger

Biography

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Finanzpolitik in Schleswig-Holstein – Ein Streitgespräch

 

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Freedom in 10 Seconds: Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Germany

 

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Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger Statement on Visit to Russia

 

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Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger: 25. Jubiläum des „Promoting Tolerance Program“

 

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Liberalism in 10 Seconds: Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Board Member, FNF Germany

Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger [zaˈbiːnə ˈlɔʏthɔʏsɐ ˈʃnaʀənˌbɛɐ̯ɡɐ] is a German politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party and a prominent advocate of human rights in Germany and Europe. 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.
  • Personal 

  • Member of the Bundestag and Federal Minister of Justice, 1992–96 

  • Member of the Bundestag and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, 1996–2009 

  • Federal Minister of Justice, 2009–13 

  • Candidacy for Secretary General of the Council of Europe, 2013–14 

  • Current activities 

  • On crime and prosecutions 

  • On data protection 

  • On LGBT rights 

  • On rule of law in Russia 

  • On the fight against terrorism 

  • On arms exports 

  • On European integration 

  • Vergangenheitsbewältigung 

  • Corporate boards 

  • Non-profits 

  • Recognition