Stefanie Hubig
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| birth_place = Frankfurt am Main, West Germany
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| nationality = German
| party = Social Democratic Party (SPD)
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| alma_mater = University of Regensburg
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| office1 = Minister for Education of Rhineland-Palatinate
| term_start1 = 18 May 2016
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| predecessor1 = Vera Reiß
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| office = Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection
| term_start = 6 May 2025
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| chancellor = Friedrich Merz
| predecessor = Volker Wissing {{small|(Minister of Justice)}}
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| office2 = State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
| term_start2 = 8 January 2014
| term_end2 = 18 May 2016
| chancellor2 = Angela Merkel
| predecessor2 = Birgit Grundmann
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Stefanie Hubig ({{IPA|de|ˈʃtɛfani ˈhuːbɪç|lang}}; born 15 December 1968) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Federal Minister of Justice in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025.{{Cite news |date=2025-05-05 |title=SPD stellt Minister vor: Bärbel Bas soll Arbeitsministerin werden, Stefanie Hubig übernimmt Justiz |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/spd-stellt-minister-vor-baerbel-bas-soll-arbeitsministerin-werden-stefanie-hubig-uebernimmt-justiz-a-ab31334d-5fee-4f22-b317-cd28125b7553 |access-date=2025-05-05 |work=Der Spiegel |language=de |issn=2195-1349}} From 2016 to 2025, she served as State Minister for Education in the government of Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate Malu Dreyer.Timo Frasch (11 May 2016), [https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/ampel-koalition-in-rheinland-pfalzminister-fuer-dreyers-kabinett-festgelegt-14227534.html Ampel in Rheinland-Pfalz: Neue Minister für Dreyers Kabinett] Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Early life and education
Hubig was born 1968 in the West German city of Frankfurt am Main and studied law at the University of Regensburg.Schwäbische Zeitung 19.05.2021 p. 3 (in german)
Political career
Following the 2013 national elections, Hubig was appointed State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection under minister Heiko Maas, in the coalition government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Following the 2016 state elections, Hubig was appointed State Minister of Education in Rhineland-Palatinate. In this capacity, she has also been also one of the state’s representatives on the Bundesrat,[https://www.bundesrat.de/SharedDocs/personen/DE/laender/rp/hubig-stefanie.html Stefanie Hubig] Bundesrat. where she serves on the Committee on Cultural Affairsand the Committee on Women and Youth. She also chaired the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs in 2020.Katrin Bennhold (26 August 2020), [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/world/europe/germany-schools-virus-reopening.html Schools Can Reopen, Germany Finds, but Expect a ‘Roller Coaster’] New York Times.
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 German elections, Hubig was part of her party's delegation in the working group on education policy, co-chaired by Andreas Stoch, Felix Banaszak and Jens Brandenburg.Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), [https://www.waz.de/politik/article233641303/koaltionsverhandlungen-spd-gruene-fdp-ampel-arbeitsgruppen.html SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition] Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. Amid the formation of the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, she was mentioned by numerous news outlets as a potential candidate for a cabinet post;Kristina Dunz, Tobias Peter and Eva Quadbeck (27 September 2021), [https://www.rnd.de/politik/bundestagswahl-2021-wer-kommt-fuer-welches-ministeramt-in-frage-LFJPVJTHTBANXNZEFJ2WEVZIKQ.html Ob SPD, Union, Grüne oder FDP – wer jetzt auf ein Ministeramt hofft] RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland.Nikolaus Doll, Claus Christian Malzahn and Thorsten Jungholt (21 November 2021), [https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article235179046/Ampel-Verhandlungen-Wer-wird-was-im-Kabinett-von-Olaf-Scholz.html Ampel-Verhandlungen: Wer wird was im Kabinett von Olaf Scholz?] Die Welt.Georg Link (5 December 2021), [https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/spd-ampel-kabinett-spekulation-100.html Künftige Minister im Bundeskabinett: Wen beruft Olaf Scholz aus der rheinland-pfälzischen SPD?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208140147/https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/spd-ampel-kabinett-spekulation-100.html |date=2021-12-08 }} Südwestrundfunk. however, she remained in her role in Rhineland-Palatinate.
In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition under the leadership of Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the SPD following the 2025 German elections, Hubig was again part of the SPD delegation in the working group on education, research and innovation, this time led by Karin Prien, Katrin Staffler and Oliver Kaczmarek.[https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/koalitionsverhandlungen-zwischen-cdu-und-spd-diese-menschen-aus-rlp-sind-dabei-100.html Koalitionsverhandlungen von Union und SPD: Diese Rheinland-Pfälzer sind dabei] Südwestrundfunk, 13 March 2025.
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