Management

Office building, property of the Federal Office of Justice, photographed from across the Rhine.

The President of the Federal Office of Justice is the head of the authority. She is deputised by a Vice-President.

President of the Federal Office of Justice (Bundesamt für Justiz)

Photograph of the President of the Federal Office of Justice, Veronika Keller-Engels — President of the Federal Office of Justice (Bundesamt für Justiz): Veronika Keller-Engels

Curriculum Vitae
Time:	Place:
21 March 1972	Born in Günzburg/Donau, Germany
1991	Abitur (school leaving certificate required for entry to university) at Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymnasium, Neu-Ulm, Germany
1991 – 1997	Studies in Law at Regensburg University; semester abroad as part of the ERASMUS Programme at Córdoba University in Spain; First State Exam in Law
1997 – 1999	Practical Legal Training at Nuremberg Higher Regional Court
1999	Second State Exam in Law awarded by Regensburg University
1999 – 2001	Public Prosecutor, Ingolstadt Public Prosecution Office
2001 – 2004	Legal Expert, Public Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice, Karlsruhe
2004 – 2005	Legal Expert, Federal Constitutional Court, Karlsruhe
2005 – 2006	Regional Court Judge (Criminal Matters), Augsburg Regional Court
2006 – 2008	Regional Court Judge (Civil Matters), Augsburg Regional Court
2008 – 2011	National Legal Expert for Germany as a Member of Eurojust, The Hague, Netherlands
2011	Public Prosecutor at the Federal Court of Justice, Public Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice, Karlsruhe
2011 – 2013	Policy Officer at the Justice Policy Division of the Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium
2013 – 2014	Policy Officer at the Division for International Criminal Law, European and Multilateral Co-operation, Federal Ministry of Justice, Berlin
2014 – 2015	Policy Officer reporting directly to State Secretary Gerd Billen (Consumer Protection), Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, Berlin
2015 – 2018	General Director of the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ – Deutsche Stiftung für internationale rechtliche Zusammenarbeit e.V.)
2018 – 2020	Senior Public Prosecutor at the Federal Court of Justice, Public Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice, Karlsruhe
Since 1 January 2021	President of the Federal Office of Justice in Bonn
Married

Vice-President of the Federal Office of Justice (Bundesamt für Justiz)

Photograph of the Vice-President of the Federal Office of Justice, Jan Versteegen — Vice-President of the Federal Office of Justice: Jan Versteegen

Curriculum Vitae
Time:	Place:
25 April 1961	Born in Bonn, Germany
1980	Abitur (school leaving certificate required for entry to university) at the Aloisiuskolleg in Bad Godesberg, Bonn
1980 – 1982	Soldier in the German military as temporary-career volunteer
1982 – 1990	Studies in Law at Rheinisch Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn; First State Exam in Law
1990 – 1993	Practical Legal Training in the jurisdiction of Koblenz Higher Regional Court; Second State Exam in Law
1994	Judge, Koblenz Regional Court
1994 – 1996	Judge, Lahnstein Local Court
1996 – 2002	Judge, Erfurt Regional Court
2002 – 2004	Judge, Koblenz Regional Court
2004 – 2006	Policy Officer at the then Office of the Federal Central Criminal Register at the Public Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice, Bonn
2007 – 2012	Head of the "Legal Matters" Division of the Federal Office of Justice, Bonn
2012 – 2015	Head of the "International Civil Law Matters" Department of the Federal Office of Justice
2015 – 2021	Head of the "Administration" Department of the Federal Office of Justice
Since 1 January 2022	Vice President of the Federal Office of Justice while remaining in post as head of the "Administration" Department
Married with two children