Uwe Schuenemann (born 8 August 1964) is a German politician (
Christian Democratic Union of
Germany) and former
interior minister
An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...
of the German state of the federation
Lower Saxony. In the course of his office, he is known for relatively hard-line stances.
Biography
Schünemann attended ''Gymnasium an der Wilhelmstraße'' (later ''Campe-Gymnasium'') in
Holzminden, where he acquired his ''
Abitur
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'' in 1984. After that he completed his training as an industrial clerk, before doing his basic military service in 1987/1988.
Preceding his election to the
Landtag in 1994, he was employed as industrial clerk at ''Haarmann & Reimer GmbH'' (today
Symrise
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) in Holzminden.
For several years he played
Basketball at MTV Altendorf, reaching
Bezirksoberliga of Lower Saxony. Schünemann is member of the
Schützenverein ''Sportschützenclub v.1955 e.V. Holzminden''.
Political career
In 1979, Schünemann joined
Junge Union. In 1984 he also joined CDU and was elected to the Holzminden city council the same year. From 1990 through 1999 he chaired the Holzminden (town) CDU, since 1997 he is also the leader of the Holzminden (district) CDU. Starting 1996 through 1999 he was mayor of Holzminden, after that deputy mayor. Since 1996 he is member of Holzminden district council.
He is member of the
Landtag of Lower Saxony in its 13th and 14th legislature (since June 1994). Starting March 2000 until March 2003 he was
Chief Whip
The Chief Whip is a political leader whose task is to enforce the whipping system, which aims to ensure that legislators who are members of a political party attend and vote on legislation as the party leadership prescribes.
United Kingdom
...
of CDU's Landtag faction.
Between 4 March 2003 and January 2013 he was Minister of the Interior and Sports of Lower Saxony and member of
Bundesrat. In 2009 Schünemann initiated the initiative
White IT against
child pornography in the internet.
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons' resources about Uwe SchünemannUwe Schünemann's official web site (German)*
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1964 births
Living people
Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
Members of the Landtag of Lower Saxony
People from Holzminden (district)
Ministers of the Lower Saxony State Government