Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger

Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger earns my respect precisely because hers is not a flashy kind of public life. A lawyer and human rights defender who became a leading voice of the social-liberal wing of Germany's Free Democratic Party, she has spent decades insisting that civil liberties matter even when they are inconvenient. The Bavarian Order of Merit and her federal Order of Merit honors hint at the durability of that commitment. I value people who guard rights as a habit rather than a slogan, because liberties erode quietly when no one is watching. She struck me as one of the watchers, and that is no small thing.

Name (English)

Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger

Name (Japanese)

ザビーネ・ロイトホイサー＝シュナレンベルガー

Reading

ざびーね・ろいとほいさー＝しゅなれんべるがー

Born

July 26, 1951 (age 75)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

Origin

Minden, Detmold Government Region, Germany

Occupation

jurist / politician / human rights defender / lawyer

University

University of Göttingen

Awards & achievements

• Bavarian Order of Merit
• Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille in silver
• 2013 Max Alsberg award

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.leutheusser-schnarrenberger.de
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%9B%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Detmold Government Region
• jurist
• politician
• human rights defender

Last updated

2026-06-02

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