Wolfgang Schmidt (politician)

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Wolfgang Schmidt (politician)
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Schmidt in 2014
Head of the Chancellery
Assumed office
8 December 2021
Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Preceded by Helge Braun
Minister for Special Affairs
Assumed office
8 December 2021
Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Preceded by Helge Braun
State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance
In office
14 March 2018 – 8 December 2021
Serving with Werner Gatzer, Rolf Bösinger, Jörg Kukies
Chancellor Angela Merkel
Minister Olaf Scholz
Preceded by
Succeeded by
  • Steffen Saebisch
  • Werner Gatzer
  • Luise Hölscher
Counselor of State of the State Chancellery of Hamburg
Representative for Federal Affairs
In office
7 March 2011 – 28 March 2018
First Mayor Olaf Scholz
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Annette Tabbara
Personal details
Born Wolfgang Schmidt
(1970-09-23) 23 September 1970 (age 53)
Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party Social Democratic Party (1989–)
Children 2
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Spindoctor
  • Lawyer
  • Political Staffer
  • Civil Servant
Website Official Government website

Wolfgang Schmidt (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈʃmɪt]; born (1970-09-23)23 September 1970) is a German politician and jurist who has been serving as Federal Minister for Special Affairs and Head of the Chancellery since 2021. He was previously State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance under Minister Olaf Scholz in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021.[1]

Schmidt has been a close associate of Scholz since 2002 and is considered his spin doctor.[2]

Early life and education

Schmidt was born 23 September 1970, in Hamburg. He began studying Jurisprudence at the University of Hamburg in 1991, and graduated in 1995 finishing his first Staatsexam. In 1995, he then studied Jurisprudence at the University of the Basque Country for 2 years. In 1997, he became a Research associate at the University of Hamburg until 2000. Schmidt then, in 2002, served a two-year legal clerkship term at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court finishing his second Staatsexam.[3]

Career

From 2002 until 2005, Schmidt worked as advisor and later as chief of staff to Olaf Scholz in his capacity as the SPD’s secretary general.[4] He followed Scholz as chief of staff when the latter was appointed as whip of the SPD parliamentary group.

In the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, Schmidt again served as Scholz’s chief of staff at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.[4]

From 2010 to 2011, Schmidt served as director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) representative office in Germany.[4]

Political career

Schmidt joined the youth organization of the Social Democratic Party, called the Jusos, in 1989 due to his interest in the third world.[5]

On December 6, 2021, Schmidt was nominated as Federal Minister for Special Affairs and Head of the Chancellery in Scholz's cabinet,[6][7][8][9] and was inaugurated by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on December 8.[10][11][12]

Personal life

Schmidt is married to Mexican writer Adriana Sabugal Fernández and has two daughters with whom he currently resides with in Berlin.[13]

Other activities

International organizations

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations

References

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  14. ↑ Board of Governors Archived 29 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
  15. ↑ Board of Governors Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group.
  16. ↑ Board of Governors World Bank.
  17. ↑ Supervisory Board German Investment Corporation (DEG).
  18. ↑ Board of Trustees Baden-Badener Unternehmer-Gespräche (BBUG).
  19. ↑ Einsetzung eines Wirtschaftspolitischen Beirats Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of March 23, 2020.
  20. ↑ Board of Trustees Institute for European Politics (IEP).

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