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State Minister and State Secretary

CV of Thomas Schmidt, Dr. h. c.

Staatsminister Schmidt vor dem Regierungsgebäude der Archivstraße 1

Personal Data

  • Born on March 7th, 1961 in Burgstädt/Saxony
  • evangelical-lutheran, married, two children

Education

  • 1967-1977 | Polytechnic secondary school
  • 1977-1980 | Abitur (A-levels) and vocational training as an agro-technician
  • 1982-1987 | University studies; graduate agricultural engineer (Diplom-Agrar-Ingenieur)
  • 2024 | Honorary doctorate from the Trakia University in Stara Zagora (Bulgaria)

Professional Career

  • 1987-1991 | Technical Manager of an agricultural producers' cooperative
  • 1991-2014 | Chief Operating Officer of an agricultural company (GmbH)
  • 2014-2019 | Minister for Environment and Agriculture, Free State of Saxony
  • since 2019 | Minister for Regional Development, Free State of Saxony

Party Memberships and Posts

  • 1985 | Member of DBD (Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany)
  • since 1990 | Member of CDU (Christian Democratic Union of Germany)
  • since 1990 | Chairman of the local CDU party branch in Taura
  • 1995-2008 | Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Mittweida district CDU branch
  • 1999-2010 | Member of the Taura Municipal Council
  • since 2004 | Member of the Saxon State Parliament
  • 2009-2014 | Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Environment and Agriculture of the Saxon State Parliament
  • 2010-2013 | Chairman of the Enquete Commission on "Strategies for a future-oriented technology and innovation policy in the Free State of Saxony", Saxon State Parliament
  • Member of the Executive Board, CDU Saxony
  • 2011-2014 | Deputy Chairman, CDU Parliamentary Group in the Saxon State Parliament
  • since 2020 | Member of the European Committee of the Regions
    • Member of the Commission for Economic Policy (ECON)
    • Member of the Commission for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy (ENVE)
    • Member of the German Delegation and the EPP-Group in the CoR
    • Co-Chair of the Automotive Regions Alliance (ARA)
    • Chair of the Automotive Intergroup (CoRAI)

Honorary Posts

  • Member of the Executive Board of the CDU Saxony
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the “Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nanosystems” (ENAS), Chemnitz
  • Vice-Chairman of the Agrarsoziale Gesellschaft e.V. (Agro-Social Society)

CV of Barbara Meyer

Barbara Meyer © SMWA/Ronald Bonß
  • Barbara Meyer was born March 3rd, 1962 in Bonn, she is married and catholic.
  • She studied law and finished in 1990
  • 1990-1991 she worked with KPMG as a tax expert
  • Since 1992 she holds positions for the government of the Free State of Saxony
    • 1992 - 2003 she worked for the School Ministry, since 1998 she holds the position as department head
    • as such she changed to the Ministry of Economy in 2003

She was appointed State Secrertary in the Saxon State Ministry of Regional Development on July 1st, 2022.

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