Wolfgang Schmidt is Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks.
(Photo: Federal Government/Steffen Kugler)
CV
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Born on 23 September 1970 in Hamburg.
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since 1989
Member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) -
1990
Abitur (university entrance qualification) in Hamburg -
1991 to 1997
Studied law in Hamburg and Bilbao/Spain, first state examination in law
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1997 to 2000
Research associate at the University of Hamburg -
2000 to 2002
Legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, second state examination in law -
2002 to 2005
Personal assistant, then office manager to the Secretary General of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) -
2005 to 2007
Office manager of the First Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag -
2007 to 2009
Head of the Minister’s Office and Head of the Management and Planning Unit at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs -
2010 to 2011
Director of the German branch of the International Labour Organization (ILO) -
2011 to 2018
State Councillor (Secretary of State) and Plenipotentiary of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg to the Federation, to the European Union and for Foreign Affairs -
2014 to 2015
Chair of the Conference of European Ministers (EMC) -
2015 to 2018
Member of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) -
2018 to 2021
Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry of Finance -
since December 2021
Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks