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Claus Christian Claussen

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Claus Christian Claussen
Member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
Assumed office
7 June 2022
Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Justice, European Affairs and Consumer Protection
In office
4 May 2020 – 29 June 2022
Appointed byDaniel Günther
Preceded bySabine Sütterlin-Waack
Succeeded byKerstin von der Decken
Member of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag for Northern Stormarn
In office
6 June 2017 – 4 May 2017
Personal details
Born (1961-03-26) March 26, 1961 (age 63)
Bad Segeberg, West Germany
(now Germany)
Nationality Germany
Political party
CDU
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
Alma materUniversity of Hamburg
OccupationLawyer, Notary
CabinetCabinet Günther
Websitehttps://www.christianclaussen.de/

Claus Christian Claussen (born March 26, 1961) is a German lawyer, notary and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[1][2]

Personal life and education

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Claus Christian Claussen was born in Bad Segeberg in Schleswig-Holstein.[1] He lives in Bargteheide, is married and has five children.[3]

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.

Career

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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 member of the municipal council of Bargteheide.[2] In 2000, he became a board member 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 June 6, 2017.[2]

He was appointed Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Justice, European Affairs and Consumer Protection by Minister-President Daniel Günther on May 4, 2020, succeeding Sabine Sütterlin-Waack.[4] He was succeeded by Kerstin von der Decken 29 June 2022.[5]

Claussen was elected a Member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein in the 2022 Schleswig-Holstein state election.[6]







References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f admin. "Minister Claus Christian Claussen". Landesportal Schleswig-Holstein (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  2. ^ a b c d "Claus Christian Claussen, MdL". CDU Landtagsfraktion Schleswig-Holstein (in German). Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Über mich". christianclaussens Webseite! (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  4. ^ sh.de. "Bundesrat - Mitglieder - Claus Christian Claussen". Bundesrat (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  5. ^ "Ministerien & Behörden". schleswig-holstein.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  6. ^ "Abgeordnete CDU". www.landtag.ltsh.de. Retrieved 2022-06-22.