19682026
- Education
- Judiciary
- Federal justice
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- Federal Ministry
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Education 1968–1995
1968Born in Frankfurt am Main
15 December.
1988Abitur in Munich
University-entrance qualification.
1989Law at Regensburg
Studies at the University of Regensburg until 1993.
1993First State Examination
Followed by the practical traineeship.
1995Second State Examination
Qualification for judicial office.
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Judiciary 1996–2000
1996Judge, Regional Court Ingolstadt
Criminal and civil matters.
1998Public prosecutor, Ingolstadt
Public Prosecutor’s Office Ingolstadt.
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Federal justice 2000–2008
2000Federal Ministry of Justice
Desk officer for tenancy law; deputy head of the minister’s office under Herta Däubler-Gmelin and Brigitte Zypries.
2002Doctorate, University of Regensburg
Dissertation on the history of § 23 Code of Civil Procedure; published 2003.
2005Head of division
Cabinet and parliamentary affairs, legislative programme, planning and coordination, until 2008.
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Rhineland-Palatinate I 2008–2014
2008State Chancellery, Mainz
Coordination of justice affairs and constitutional law.
2009Head of criminal-law department
Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection of Rhineland-Palatinate, until 2014.
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Federal justice 2014–2016
2014State Secretary
Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection under Heiko Maas; justice, legal policy and administration.
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Rhineland-Palatinate II 2016–2025
2016Minister of Education
Appointed 18 May 2016 by Minister-President Malu Dreyer.
2020President of the KMK
Presidency of the Standing Conference of Education Ministers from 16 January, during the first pandemic year.
2021Reappointed; Kita law in force
Reappointed 18 May 2021; the new state Kita law took full effect on 1 July 2021.
2024Coordinator of the SPD-led education ministries
From January 2024, in the KMK.
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Federal Ministry 2025–
2025Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection
Appointed 6 May 2025. Rent brake extended (July); electronic-monitoring bill adopted by cabinet (November); budget 2026 adopted (November).
2026Reforms take effect
€10,000 local-court threshold (January); online procedure pilot (April); monitoring law passed (May); IP-storage first reading and Pact for the Rule of Law agreed (June); withdrawal button applies (June); green-claims rules apply (September); digital-violence bill adopted by cabinet (October).
Sources
- Federal Government, curriculum vitae — bundesregierung.de
- Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, biography — bmjv.de
- German National Library, dissertation record; KMK presidency 2020 — kmk.org
- 2025–2026 entries: see Archive and Major Initiatives