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Birgit Schnieber-Jastram (born 4 July 1946 in Hamburg) is a German politician and representative of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

Biography

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 the Hamburg Parliament and a member of the Bundestag from 1994 to 2001, including serving as a parliamentary executive of the CDU faction (2000–2001) and in this position a member of the council of elders. From October 2001 to May 2008, she was State Minister for Social and Family Affairs of Hamburg.[1] She was succeeded by Dietrich Wersich. In her position as Senator, she was Second Mayor of Hamburg, from March 2004—after the election of 2004—until May 2008.[2]

In 2009 Schnieber-Jastram was elected to the European Parliament.[3] After her election, Schnieber-Jastram was criticised, among others, by the magazine Der Spiegel, for collecting a pension for her job as Hamburg Senator (€5,500) and receiving monthly €7,665 for her election as MEP.[4] The Hamburg Government announced plans to change its law, to prevent double income.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Schnieber-Jastram, Birgit" (in German). CDU faction in the Hamburg Parliament. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  2. ^ "Senatorin Schnieber-Jastram zieht sich zurück". Welt online (in German). Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  3. ^ "Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM". European Parliament. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  4. ^ "The paper clip, 21 September". europeanvoice.com (The Economist Newspaper Limited). 2009-09-21. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  5. ^ "Ex-Senatoren kassieren nicht doppelt". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2009-09-23.

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