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Wolfgang Schmidt

Federal Minister for Special Affairs and Head of the Chancellery, Federal Republic of Germany

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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 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

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