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Birgit Schnieber-Jastram | |
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Hamburg State Minister for Social and Family Affairs | |
In office 2001–2008 | |
Succeeded by | Dietrich Wersich |
Second Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg | |
In office 2004–2008 | |
Preceded by | Mario Mettbach |
Succeeded by | Christa Goetsch |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 July 1946 Hamburg |
Nationality | German |
Political party | CDU |
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Birgit Schnieber-Jastram (born 4 July 1946 in Hamburg) is a German politician and representative of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
She attended several schools in Hamburg (1953–1966), worked as a woman editor, and is married with 2 children. [1]
Since 1981, Schnieber-Jastram has been a member of the CDU. From 1986 to 1994 she was a member of the Hamburg Parliament and a member of the Bundestag from 1994 to 2001, including serving as a parliamentary executive of the CDU faction (2000–2001) and in this position a member of the council of elders. From October 2001 to May 2008, she was State Minister for Social and Family Affairs of Hamburg. [1] She was succeeded by Dietrich Wersich. In her position as Senator, she was Second Mayor of Hamburg, from March 2004—after the election of 2004—until May 2008. [2]
In 2009 Schnieber-Jastram was elected to the European Parliament. [3] After her election, Schnieber-Jastram was criticised, among others, by the magazine Der Spiegel, for collecting a pension for her job as Hamburg Senator (€5,500) and receiving monthly €7,665 for her election as MEP. [4] The Hamburg Government announced plans to change its law, to prevent double income. [5]