§ 29 — Archive · Timeline

19682026

  • Education
  • Judiciary
  • Federal justice
  • Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Federal Ministry
  1. Education 1968–1995

    1968

    Born in Frankfurt am Main

    15 December.

    1988

    Abitur in Munich

    University-entrance qualification.

    1989

    Law at Regensburg

    Studies at the University of Regensburg until 1993.

    1993

    First State Examination

    Followed by the practical traineeship.

    1995

    Second State Examination

    Qualification for judicial office.

  2. Judiciary 1996–2000

    1996

    Judge, Regional Court Ingolstadt

    Criminal and civil matters.

    1998

    Public prosecutor, Ingolstadt

    Public Prosecutor’s Office Ingolstadt.

  3. Federal justice 2000–2008

    2000

    Federal Ministry of Justice

    Desk officer for tenancy law; deputy head of the minister’s office under Herta Däubler-Gmelin and Brigitte Zypries.

    2002

    Doctorate, University of Regensburg

    Dissertation on the history of § 23 Code of Civil Procedure; published 2003.

    2005

    Head of division

    Cabinet and parliamentary affairs, legislative programme, planning and coordination, until 2008.

  4. Rhineland-Palatinate I 2008–2014

    2008

    State Chancellery, Mainz

    Coordination of justice affairs and constitutional law.

    2009

    Head of criminal-law department

    Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection of Rhineland-Palatinate, until 2014.

  5. Federal justice 2014–2016

    2014

    State Secretary

    Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection under Heiko Maas; justice, legal policy and administration.

  6. Rhineland-Palatinate II 2016–2025

    2016

    Minister of Education

    Appointed 18 May 2016 by Minister-President Malu Dreyer.

    2020

    President of the KMK

    Presidency of the Standing Conference of Education Ministers from 16 January, during the first pandemic year.

    2021

    Reappointed; Kita law in force

    Reappointed 18 May 2021; the new state Kita law took full effect on 1 July 2021.

    2024

    Coordinator of the SPD-led education ministries

    From January 2024, in the KMK.

  7. Federal Ministry 2025–

    2025

    Federal 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).

    2026

    Reforms 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

  1. Federal Government, curriculum vitae — bundesregierung.de
  2. Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, biography — bmjv.de
  3. German National Library, dissertation record; KMK presidency 2020 — kmk.org
  4. 2025–2026 entries: see Archive and Major Initiatives