Claus Christian Claussen

Claus Christian Claussen (born 26.03.1961) is a German Lawyer, Notary and Politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[1][2] He currently serves as Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Justice, European Affairs and Consumer Protection.[3]

Claus Christian Claussen
Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Justice, European Affairs and Consumer Protection
Assumed office
04.05.2020
Appointed byDaniel Günther
Preceded bySabine Sütterlin-Waack
Member of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag for Northern Stormarn
Assumed office
06.06.2017
Personal details
Born (1961-03-26) 26 March 1961
Bad Segeberg, West Germany
(now Germany)
Nationality Germany
Political party
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
Alma materUniversity of Hamburg
OccupationLawyer, Notary
Websitehttps://www.christianclaussen.de/

Personal life

Claus Christian Claussen was born in Bad Segeberg in Schleswig-Holstein.[1] He lives in Bargteheide, is married and has five Children.[4]

Career and Education

Claussen studied Law at the University of Hamburg from 1982 to 1992 and worked as a Lawyer at a Law firm in Flensburg from 1992 to 1995. From 1995 to 1997, he worked at the Waterways and Shipping Directorate in Kiel.[1] Since 1997, he is an unaffiliated Lawyer and in 2001, he became a licensed Notary.[1]

Claussen became a member of the Young Union in 1975 and a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1993, upon which he became deputy District chairman in Flensburg.[2] In 1998, he got elected as a Muicipal council member of Bargteheide.[2] In 2000, he became a boardmember of the Schleswig-Holstein Christian Democratic Union (CDU), a Position he held until 2016.[1] Claussen was Deputy Mayor of Bargteheide from 2008 to 2018.[1] He was elected a member of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag in the 2017 Schleswig-Holstein state elections and assumed his office on 06.06.2017.[2]

He was appointed Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Justice, European Affairs and Consumer Protection by Minister-President Daniel Günther on 04.05.2020, succeeding Sabine Sütterlin-Waack.[5]







References
  1. admin. "Minister Claus Christian Claussen". Landesportal Schleswig-Holstein (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  2. "Claus Christian Claussen, MdL". CDU Landtagsfraktion Schleswig-Holstein (in German). Retrieved 21 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "State Government". Web page Schleswig-Holstein. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  4. "Über mich". christianclaussens Webseite! (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  5. sh.de. "Bundesrat - Mitglieder - Claus Christian Claussen". Bundesrat (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-24.
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