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My Take
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.
Overview
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger [zaˈbiːnə ˈlɔʏthɔʏsɐ ˈʃnaʀənˌbɛɐ̯ɡɐ] (née Leutheusser; born 26 July 1951) is a German politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party and a prominent advocate of human rights in Germany and Europe. Within the FDP, she is a leading figure of the social-liberal wing.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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 74)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rabbit
- Origin
- Minden, Detmold Government Region, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- jurist / politician / human rights defender / lawyer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- 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
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- 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
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.