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Dr Benjamin Limbach
born 25 September 1969 in Bonn
1988
Abitur university entrance graduation, Aloisiuskolleg, Bad Godesberg, Bonn
1989 - 1990
Short-service commission in the Reserves, 910 Signals Battalion at Rheinbach; Rank: Lieutenant in the Reserves
1991 - 1995
University law school
1995
First of two mandatory 'state exams' at the Supreme Court for the Düsseldorf District
1996 - 1997
Doctorate from Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn: ‘Imminent death as an obstacle to prosecution’
1997 - 1999
Rechtsreferendariat pupillage at Bonn Regional Court
1999
Second State Law Exam at the government-run examination office for North Rhine-Westphalia
September 1999
Joined the administrative appeals branch of the North Rhine-Westphalia judiciary – Cologne Administrative Appeals Tribunal
July 2002
Appointed administrative appeals judge at the Cologne tribunal
January 2003 - June 2014
Senior management functions at the North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of Justice
- 2003 - 2005 Chief of staff to the Minister
- 2005 - 2011 Head of Unit, Property Services and Procurement
- 2011 - 2014 Head of Unit, Organisation of Courts and Prosecutors’ Offices; Director, Internal Audit
July 2014 - May 2020
Director, NRW College of Law and Justice and Head of the NRW Justice Training Centre
May 2020 - June 2022
President, University of the Federal Public Administration
Since 29 June 2022
Minister of Justice in the North Rhine-Westphalia Government
Memberships
- Supporters’ association, NRW College of Law and Justice
- Supporters’ association, NRW Justice Training College
- Charity of the German Federation of Court Officers and Bailiffs
- Member of the Green Party (Bündnis 90/DIE GRÜNEN)
- Member of BundeswehrGrün, an association of green-leaning military personnel
- Member of the green-leaning lawyers’ federation, RechtGrün