Julia Schneider (born 5 March 1990) is a German administrative scientist and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who is serving as a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 2021.

Julia Schneider
Schneider in 2021
Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
Assumed office
4 November 2021
Personal details
Born
Julia Schneider

(1990-03-05) 5 March 1990 (age 34)
East Berlin, East Germany
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens
Residence(s)Pankow, Berlin
Alma materUniversity of Regensburg
Complutense University of Madrid
European University Viadrina
Speyer University

Life, education and career

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Schneider was born in East Berlin in 1990, shortly before German reunification. She grew up in Neu-Hohenschönhausen and later Freiburg im Breisgau.[1] After completing secondary school, she studied German-Spanish studies at the University of Regensburg and the Complutense University of Madrid from 2010 to 2013, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts. This was followed by further studies at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt an der Oder, where she earned a Master of Arts in intercultural communication studies in 2016 and another in European studies in 2016. In 2020, she completed a postgraduate course in administrative sciences at Speyer University.[2][3]

Schneider speaks German, English, Spanish, French, and Polish.[2]

After her studies, Schneider moved to Berlin and became a research assistant at the Bundestag, where she worked for Greens MdB Sven-Christian Kindler from 2017 to 2018. She was then a trainee at the Department for Interior and Sports in the Senate of Berlin from 2018 to 2020. In February 2021, she became a civil servant in the transport department.[2][3]

Politics

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Schneider joined the Greens in 2017.[2] From 2020 to 2021, she was a member of the executive of the party's Pankow district association.[4] In 2021, she was nominated as candidate for the Pankow 7 constituency in the 2021 Berlin state election as well as 31st position on the state party list. She was elected to the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin, winning Pankow 7 with 30.7% of votes.[2][5] She became deputy chair of the Greens parliamentary group and spokeswoman for personnel and administration, budget policy, and forest policy.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "About me". Juliaschneider.info (in German). Archived from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Julia Schneider". Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin (in German). Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Professional Background". Juliaschneider.info (in German). Archived from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Application for the state list" (PDF). Greens Berlin (in German). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Pankow 7". Elections Berlin (in German). 14 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Julia Schneider". Greens Faction Berlin (in German). Retrieved 12 February 2022.
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