About Silke Schneider
Born 1967. Silke Schneider is a German legal scholar, secretary of state, politician, jurist and mediator.
Silke Schneider (born 1967 in Cologne) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. She currently serves as the Minister of Finance for Schleswig-Holstein.
Biography Dr. Silke Schneider studied jurisprudence in Cologne and Hamburg. In 1997, she became a judge at the Amtsgericht in Lübeck. Between 2008 and 2011, Schneider acted as the Equality Commissioner in the Ministry of Justice for Schleswig-Holstein. From 2009 to 2014, she was the director of the Amtsgericht Bad Segeberg.
Private life Silke Schneider is the mother of six children from two marriages. She was previously married to Hartmut Schneider, former vice president of the Landgericht in Lübeck.
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Who is Silke Schneider?
German judicial figure
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Silke Schneider was born in 1967 in Cologne.
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Silke Schneider is a legal scholar, secretary of state, politician, jurist and mediator.
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Silke Schneider is German.
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