Brigitte Zypries
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Brigitte Zypries (born November 16, 1953, in Kassel, Germany) is a German politician. She is the current Federal Minister of Justice of Germany. She has been Minister of Justice since 2002. She is member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Zypries studied law in Gießen from 1972 to 1977, and took her first legal state exam in 1978. Then followed in-service training in the regional court district of Gießen, and in 1980 the second state exam. Until 1985 she worked at the Gießen University.
From 1985 to 1988: Assistant Head of Division at State Chancellery of Hessen.
From 1988 to 1990: Member of academic staff at the Federal Constitutional Court.
From 1991: Head of Division of the State Chancellery of Lower Saxony.
From 1995 to 1997: Head of Department of the State Chancellery of Lower Saxony.
From 1998 to 2002: State Secretary.
Up to 1998: Active in the Ministry for Women, Labour and Social Affairs of Lower Saxony.
From November 1998 to October 2002: Active in the Federal Ministry of the Interior. From September 1999 Chair of the State Secretary Committee for the management of the Federal Government programme "Modern State - Modern Administration".
Since 23 October 2002: Federal Minister of Justice.
[edit] External links
- Brigitte Zypries's blog (German)
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