Claus Christian Claussen

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

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
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/

Personal life and education

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

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
  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.
  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.
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