Kathrin Schneider (born 30 September 1962) is a German politician from the

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(SPD). She was Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Planning of the

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from 5 November 2014 to 20 November 2019. Since 20 November 2019, she has been head of the with the rank of minister.

Life and career

In 1981, Kathrin Schneider began studying

agricultural sciences Agricultural science (or agriscience for short) is a broad multidisciplinary field of biology that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. Professiona ...

with a focus on plant production at the

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, which she completed in 1986 with a degree in agricultural engineering. She then worked for the district planning commission of the

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district council. After

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, in 1990 she moved to the mining department of the Cottbus district administration authority. In 1992 she began working as a consultant for

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and remediation planning in the Joint Regional Planning Department Berlin-Brandenburg in the Brandenburg Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Regional Planning, and took over as head of the department in 2002. In 2003 she also became head of the department for adapting urban development planning. In 2005 she moved to the department for budget, fundamental financial issues, financial auditing and EU affairs in the Brandenburg Ministry for Infrastructure and Regional Planning, until she finally became head of the Joint Regional Planning Department Berlin-Brandenburg in the Ministry for Infrastructure and Regional Planning/Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture in 2009. From 13 December 2010 to 18 March 2013 she was also chairwoman of the "

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Noise Commission". Kathrin Schneider has two children and lives in

Märkische Heide Märkische Heide () is a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg in Germany. History On 26 October 2003, the municipality of Märkische Heide was formed by merging 17 municipalities. These were Alt-Schadow, Biebersdorf, Doll ...

Public offices

On 30 January 2013, Kathrin Schneider was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Infrastructure and Agriculture of the State of Brandenburg, headed by . After the

2014 Brandenburg state election The 2014 Brandenburg state election was held on 14 September 2014 to elect the members of the 6th Landtag of Brandenburg. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Left led by Minister-President Dietmar Wo ...

, she was appointed Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Planning by Minister-president

Dietmar Woidke Hubert Dietmar Woidke (born 22 October 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. Since August 2013, Woidke has served as Minister President of Brandenburg. Political career Woidke has been a member of the SPD s ...

on 5 November 2014. She held this office until 20 November 2019. On 20 November 2019, she was appointed head of the Brandenburg State Chancellery with the rank of minister. After the dismissal of , Schneider was acting head of the Ministry of Social Affairs Health, Integration and Consumer Protection of the State of Brandenburg from 25 November 2024 to 11 December 2024. Kathrin Schneider came to the ministerial office as an

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on the recommendation of the and joined the SPD in November 2015.

External links

Lebenslauf auf der Internetpräsenz der Landesregierung

Kathrin Schneider in der „Chronik der Landesregierung“ bei der Brandenburgischen Landeszentrale für politische Bildung

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schneider, Kathrin Living people 1962 births People from Lübben (Spreewald) Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians Ministers of the Brandenburg State Government Women government ministers of Germany Humboldt University of Berlin alumni 21st-century German women politicians German women engineers

Life and career

Public offices

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