The record,
entry by entry.
Eight periods, set out like the docket of a case file: date, office, function and what the post involved.
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19962000
Az. 01 · Bavaria · Judiciary
Judge and public prosecutor, Ingolstadt
Judge for criminal and civil matters at the Regional Court (Landgericht) Ingolstadt from 1996; public prosecutor at the Ingolstadt Public Prosecutor’s Office from 1998. The official biographies record the Regional Court, not the District Court.
Function: adjudication; investigation and prosecution · Judicial Career →
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20002005
Az. 02 · Federal · Ministry of Justice
Desk officer and deputy head of the minister’s office
Desk officer (Referentin) for tenancy law and deputy head of the minister’s office in the Federal Ministry of Justice, under Ministers Herta Däubler-Gmelin and Brigitte Zypries. Doctorate completed at Regensburg in 2002.
Function: legislative drafting; political coordination · Federal Justice Career →
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20052008
Az. 03 · Federal · Ministry of Justice
Head of division: cabinet and parliamentary affairs
Head of the division for cabinet and parliamentary affairs, basic questions of the legislative programme, planning and coordination. The division tracks every bill of the ministry from cabinet to promulgation.
Function: legislative planning and coordination
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20082009
Az. 04 · Rhineland-Palatinate · State Chancellery
Legal adviser, State Chancellery
Desk officer in the State Chancellery in Mainz, responsible for coordinating the state’s justice affairs and for constitutional law.
Function: government coordination · Rhineland-Palatinate →
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20092014
Az. 05 · Rhineland-Palatinate · Ministry of Justice
Head of the criminal-law department
Head of department for criminal law in the Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection of Rhineland-Palatinate — the state ministry responsible for its prosecution services, criminal-law policy and the state’s positions in the Bundesrat on federal criminal legislation.
Function: criminal-law policy; oversight of administration
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20142016
Az. 06 · Federal · Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
State Secretary
Civil-service State Secretary and administrative head under Federal Minister Heiko Maas, responsible for justice, legal policy and administration.
Function: leadership of the ministry’s administration
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20162025
Az. 07 · Rhineland-Palatinate · Ministry of Education
Minister of Education
A political rather than legal office: Minister of Education from 18 May 2016, reappointed 2021; KMK President in 2020. Included here because it is the bridge between her civil-service career and the federal ministry.
Function: political leadership · Education Minister →
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2025today
Az. 08 · Federal · Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection
Appointed 6 May 2025 in the cabinet of Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Responsible for the federal justice and consumer-protection portfolio, including civil, criminal and procedural law.
Function: political leadership of the ministry · Federal Minister →
Of the three decades covered here, roughly two were spent inside justice ministries — first as an official, then as minister. Before leading the federal ministry, she had worked in it as a desk officer, a division head and State Secretary. Whether that experience translates into particular policy choices is for readers to assess; the record of those choices is on the Major Initiatives page.
Sources
- Federal Government, curriculum vitae of Dr. Stefanie Hubig — bundesregierung.de
- Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, biography of the Minister — bmjv.de
- Haufe, “Dr. Stefanie Hubig wird Bundesjustizministerin”, 2025 — haufe.de