Christian Schmidt (CSU)
| Christian Schmidt | |
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| Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture | |
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Assumed office 17 February 2014 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Hans-Peter Friedrich |
| Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Defence | |
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In office 23 November 2005 – December 2013 |
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| Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development | |
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In office December 2013 – 17 February 2014 |
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| Member of the Bundestag | |
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Assumed office 1990 |
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| Personal details | |
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August 26, 1957 Obernzenn |
| Nationality |
 Germany
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| Political party | Christian Social Union (CSU) |
| Alma mater | University of Erlangen |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Website | www.christian-schmidt.de |
Christian Schmidt (born 26 August 1957 in Obernzenn) is a German politician and member of the centre-right Christian Social Union (CSU) and current Minister of Food and Agriculture. He was Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Defence from 2005 to 2013 and Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development from December 2013 until February 2014.
Christian Schmidt attended the Georg-Willhem-Steller-Gynasium in Bad Windsheim where he completed his Abitur in 1976. He then undertook mandatory military service in the mountain division of the West German Army. He began legal studies in 1977 in Erlangen and Lausanne. Schmidt finished his legal studies with the successful completion of the required state examinations in 1982 and 1985. He was admitted to the bar in 1985 and practiced law until the assumption of his duties as Parliamentary State Secretary in November 2005.
As a student Schmidt joined the Junge Union (JU), the CSU youth group, in 1973. In 1976 he registered as a member of the CSU. From 1980-1982 he was chairman of the JU-District Association in Neustadt-an-der-Aisch. In 1982 he was named Chair of the JU-Regional Association for Central Franconia, a position that he held until 1991. From 1989 to 1993 Schmidt was also a member of the CSU-State Committee, a post that he took up again in 1999. Since 1999, in addition to his duties on the CSU-State Committee, Schmidt has been Chairman of the CSU-District Association in Fuerth.
Schmidt is the Chair of the CSU Regional Working Group on Foreign, Security and European Policy. Since May 2010 he has also served as Chair of the Regional Evangelical Working Group of the CSU. In May 2011 he was named Chair of the Federal Evangelical Working Group of the CSU/CDU.
Since 2011 Schmidt has been Deputy Chairman of the CSU.
In his capacity as Deputy CSU Chairman he serves as chief spokesman for the CSU on foreign and security policy, as well as on European politics. He is also responsible for the relationship of the CSU with other parties that are members of the European People’s Party caucus (Christian Democrats) at the European Union level. He manages CSU international outreach to Israel, Croatia, Austria, the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
From 1984 to 1990 Christian Schmidt was a town councillor in his hometown of Obernzenn and member of the District Council for Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim.
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