Julia Schneider

Julia Schneider (born 5 March 1990) is a German administrative scientist and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 2021.

Early life and education Schneider was born in East Berlin in 1990, shortly before German reunification. She grew up in Neu-Hohenschönhausen and later Freiburg im Breisgau. After completing secondary school, she studied German-Spanish studies at the University of Regensburg and the Complutense University of Madrid from 2010 to 2013, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts. This was followed by further studies at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt an der Oder, where she earned a Master of Arts in intercultural communication studies in 2016 and another in European studies in 2016. In 2020, she completed a postgraduate course in administrative sciences at Speyer University.

Schneider speaks German, English, Spanish, French, and Polish. In 2021, she was nominated as candidate for the Pankow 7 constituency in the 2021 Berlin state election as well as 31st position on the state party list. She was elected to the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin, winning Pankow 7 with 30.7% of votes. She became deputy chair of the Greens parliamentary group and spokeswoman for personnel and administration, budget policy, and forest policy.