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Silke Schneider
German Politician and Judge From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Silke Schneider (born 1967) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. She currently serves as the Minister of Finance for Schleswig-Holstein.[1]
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Biography
Dr. Silke Schneider studied jurisprudence in Cologne and Hamburg.[2] In 1997, she became a judge at the Amtsgericht in Lübeck. Between 2008 and 2011, Schneider acted as the Equality Commissioner in the Ministry of Justice for Schleswig-Holstein.[3] From 2009 to 2014, she was the director of the Amtsgericht Bad Segeberg.[2]
In 2014, Schneider joined the Schleswig-Holstein state government as Secretary of State for Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Areas under Torsten Albig’s administration.[2] She continued her political career as Secretary of State in the Finance Ministry during Daniel Günther’s administration from 2017 to 2020.[1] After stepping down, Schneider served as the President of the Landgericht in Lübeck starting in 2020 and joined the Schleswig-Holstein Constitutional Court in 2021.[2]
On August 1, 2024, Dr. Schneider was appointed the Finance Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, succeeding Monika Heinold.[2] She subsequently stepped down as President of the Landgericht in Lübeck and member of the Schleswig-Holstein Constitutional Court.[4]
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Private life
Silke Schneider is the mother of six children from two marriages. She was previously married to Hartmut Schneider, former vice president of the Landgericht in Lübeck.[5][6]
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