Jost de Jager

Jost de Jager (born March 7, 1965[1]) is a German business consultant,[2] politician and former Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Science, Economic Affairs and Transport.[1]

Jost de Jager
De Jager in 2011
Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Science, Economic Affairs and Transport
In office
October 27, 2009 – June 12, 2012
Appointed byPeter Harry Carstensen
Succeeded byReinhard Meyer (Economic Affairs and Transport) Waltraud Wende (Science)
State Secretary to the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Science, Economic Affairs and Transport
In office
April 2005 – October 2009
Appointed byPeter Harry Carstensen
Member of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag
In office
1996–2005
Personal details
Born (1965-03-07) March 7, 1965
Rendsburg, West Germany
Nationality Germany
Political party
CDU
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
Alma materUniversity of Kiel
ProfessionJournalist
Websitehttps://www.jostdejager.de/

Personal life and education

De Jager lives with his family in Eckernförde.[2]

Between 1987 and 1994, he studied history, English studies and Politics at the University of Kiel.[1]

Career
Election poster from 2000 showing De Jager

De Jager worked as a volunteer at the evangelical press service in Kiel between 1994 and 1996.[1]

He was a member of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) between 1996 and 2005 and became his factions spokesman on European politics in 1996.[1] From 1998 to 2002, he was his factions spokesman on education.

In 2005, De Jager was appointed State Secretary to the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Science, Economic Affairs and Transport until he was appointed Minister of Science, Economic Affairs and Transport by Peter Harry Carstensen on October 27, 2009.[3] De Jager was made his party's lead candidate for the 2012 Schleswig-Holstein State Elections in which his party lost to the Social Democrats. He was subsequently succeeded as Minister by Reinhard Meyer (Economic Affairs and Transport) and Waltraud Wende (Science).[4][5][6]

References
  1. "Jost de Jager". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  2. "Person Jost de Jager Consulting GmbH" (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  3. "NDR Online - Nachrichten - Wahl Schleswig-Holstein- CDU und FDP nicken Koalitionsvertrag ab". 2010-02-10. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  4. NACHRICHTEN, n-tv. "Aufstieg und Fall des Jost de Jager". n-tv.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  5. "Bundesrat - Mitglieder - Reinhard Meyer". Bundesrat (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  6. "Waltraud Wende neue Bildungsministerin". bildungsklick.de. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
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