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Birgit Schnieber-Jastram | |
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Birgit Schnieber-Jastram (2008) | |
| 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 | (1946-07-04)4 July 1946 (age 79) Hamburg |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | CDU |
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Birgit Schnieber-Jastram (born 4 July 1946 in Hamburg) is aGermanpolitician and representative of theChristian 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 theHamburg Parliament and a member of theBundestag from 1994 to 2001, including serving as a parliamentary executive of the CDU faction (2000–2001) and in this position a member of thecouncil of elders. From October 2001 to May 2008, she was State Minister for Social and Family Affairs of Hamburg.[1] She was succeeded byDietrich Wersich. In her position as Senator, she wasSecond Mayor of Hamburg, from March 2004—after theelection of 2004—until May 2008.[2]
In 2009 Schnieber-Jastram was elected to theEuropean Parliament.[3] After her election, Schnieber-Jastram was criticised, among others, by the magazineDer Spiegel, for collecting a pension for her job as Hamburg Senator (€5,500) and receiving monthly €7,665 for her election as MEP.[4] TheHamburg Government announced plans to change its law, to prevent double income.[5]
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