Brigitte Zypries
- Actress
1972 to 1977 law studies in Giessen, first state law examination, 1977 legal clerkship in the district court of Giessen, 1980 second state law examination.
Until 1984 research assistant at the University of Giessen. From 1984, consultant in the Hessian State Chancellery. 1988 to 1990 research assistant at the Federal Constitutional Court, from 1991 head of department. 1995 to 1997 Head of Department in the State Chancellery of Lower Saxony.
1997/98 State Secretary in the Lower Saxony Ministry for Women, Labor and Social Affairs, 1998 to 2002 State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior, since October 2002 Federal Minister of Justice.
Member of the Bundestag since 2005.
Until 1984 research assistant at the University of Giessen. From 1984, consultant in the Hessian State Chancellery. 1988 to 1990 research assistant at the Federal Constitutional Court, from 1991 head of department. 1995 to 1997 Head of Department in the State Chancellery of Lower Saxony.
1997/98 State Secretary in the Lower Saxony Ministry for Women, Labor and Social Affairs, 1998 to 2002 State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior, since October 2002 Federal Minister of Justice.
Member of the Bundestag since 2005.