Harald Schneider

Harald Schneider (born 3 May 1952 in Würzburg) is a German trade union official and politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He was the state chairman of the German Police Union (GdP) in Bavaria from 2005 to 2010 and a member of the Landtag of Bavaria from 2008 to 2013.

Life and career Schneider initially attended secondary school and in 1962 transferred to the Alexander von Humboldt Gymnasium in Schweinfurt, where he completed his secondary education in 1969. From 1969 to 1972, he completed police training in Würzburg, Munich, and Dachau. He served in the police force until 1985 at stations in Aschaffenburg, Würzburg, and Karlstadt, most recently as an investigator, and became involved in the police union GdP in 1972. Schneider was promoted to Chief Inspector of Police ; he served as chairman of the staff council and district staff council in Würzburg until 2008 and was a member of the central staff council at the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior from 1986 to 2008. From 1994 to 2003, he was a district councilor of the Lower Franconia district assembly.

In the 2008 Bavarian state election, Schneider was elected to the Landtag of Bavaria via the SPD list in Lower Franconia, where he served until 2013. From 2008 to 2013, he was a member of the Committee on Local Government Affairs and Internal Security and simultaneously the security policy spokesperson for the SPD parliamentary group. He was also a member of the Committee on the Environment and Health from 2009 to 2011. In 2012, he was a member of the 15th Federal Convention for the election of the Federal President.

Social Functions From 1979, Schneider was deputy state and federal youth chairman of the German Police Union (GdP), 2019: of Merit in Bronze

Personal life Schneider is married to former Member of the Bundestag Heidemarie Wright and has three children and five grandchildren.