Michael Freytag (born 4 May 1958 in

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) is a German politician, jurist, former minister of finance of

and former chairman of the CDU Hamburg.

Life and work

After finishing school in 1977 at Wandsbeker Matthias-Claudius-Gymnasium, Freytag first completed an apprenticeship as a bank clerk and then studied law at the

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. For some time he worked in overseas offices of the Federal Republic of Germany in

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and at the German Business Association of

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. In 1990 he graduated with a PhD thesis on the possibilities and limits of parliamentary reform of the German

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. From 1991 to 2001, Michael Freytag worked in corporate banking at

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. Following this, Freytag moved full-time into politics. Michael Freytag, is married and has three children.

Party

In 1982, Freytag became a member of the district assembly in

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for the CDU. There, he was Chairman of the CDU parliamentary group from 1986 to 2000 and from 2000 to 2007 the District Chairman of Hamburg-Nord. From 2002 to 2007 he also served as Deputy Chairman of the CDU in Hamburg. On 15 September 2007 he was elected as the successor of Dirk Fischer to become chairman of the CDU in Hamburg with 93.62% of the votes. He was re-elected in June 2008 with 72.95% of the votes.

Public offices

On 17 March 2004 he was appointed as the

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for Urban Development and Environment of

in the state government led by

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and on January 1, 2007, he succeeded Wolfgang Peiner as Finance Senator of Hamburg following Peiner's resignation from political office. In March 2010, Freytag resigned from his position as chairman and as Senator of Finance to instead become

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of the Schufa Holding AG. He has been leading the company since November 2010.

References

External links

Biography at the Hamburg Senate
{{DEFAULTSORT:Freytag, Michael 1958 births Living people Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians Senators of Hamburg University of Hamburg alumni

Life and work

Party

Public offices

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