Christian Dirschauer (born 13 May 1981) is a German politician. He has been a member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein since 2020, and has been chairman of the South Schleswig Voters' Association since 2021. [1]
Christian Dirschauer (born 13 May 1981) is a German politician. He has been a member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein since 2020, and has been chairman of the South Schleswig Voters' Association since 2021. [1]
Dirschauer was born in Flensburg to a family of the Danish minority in Germany. [2]
In 2020 he replaced Flemming Meyer in the state parliament. In the 2022 state election, he entered the state parliament again via the state list of the SSW. [3]
The South Schleswig Voters' Association is a regionalist political party in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. The party represents the Danish and Frisian minorities of the state.
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