Steffen Schütz (born 1966) is a German entrepreneur and politician from the

Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance – Reason and Justice ( , BSW) is a List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany founded on 8 January 2024. It has been described as a Left-wing politics, left-wing to Far-left politics, far-le ...

(BSW). Since 2024 he has been a member of the

Landtag of Thuringia The Landtag of Thuringia is the parliament of the German federal state of Thuringia. It convenes in Erfurt and currently consists of 88 members from five parties. According to the free state's constitution, the primary functions of the Landtag ...

and . Also since 2024 he has been co-chair of the alongside Katja Wolf.

Life

Steffen Schütz studied

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at the from 1987 to 1990 and graduated with ''a degree in communication design (FH)'' . He was branch manager of a trade fair construction company in Berlin (1990–1992) and managing director of an advertising company, also in Berlin (1993–1997). Since 1997 he has run an advertising agency in Berlin. He is married, has no children and lives in

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital (political), capital and largest city of the Central Germany (cultural area), Central German state of Thuringia, with a population of around 216,000. It lies in the wide valley of the Gera (river), River Gera, in the so ...

Political career

Schütz has been a member of the newly founded

since 2024 and was elected co-state chairman in

Thuringia Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. Er ...

. In the

2024 Thuringian state election The 2024 Thuringian state election was held on 1 September 2024 to elect the members of the 8th Landtag of Thuringia. It was held on the same day as the 2024 Saxony state election. The outgoing government was a minority government consisting o ...

, he took second place on the BSW

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and was elected to the

. On 13 December 2024, Schütz was appointed in the

Voigt Cabinet The Voigt cabinet is the current state government of Thuringia, sworn in on 12 December 2024 May after Mario Voigt was elected as List of minister-presidents of Thuringia, Minister-President of Thuringia by the Landtag of Thuringia. It is the 11th ...

External links

Eintrag Steffen Schütz
at ''thueringer-landtag.de''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schütz, Steffen Living people 1966 births People from Eisenach Businesspeople from Berlin 21st-century German politicians 20th-century businesspeople 21st-century businesspeople Members of the Landtag of Thuringia Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht politicians Government ministers of Germany