Claus Christian Claussen | |
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| 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 by | Daniel Günther |
| Preceded by | Sabine Sütterlin-Waack |
| Succeeded by | Kerstin von der Decken |
| Member of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag for Northern Stormarn | |
| In office 6 June 2017 –4 May 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 26,1961 |
| Nationality | |
| Political party | |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg |
| Occupation | Lawyer,Notary |
| Cabinet | Cabinet Günther |
| Website | https://www.christianclaussen.de/ |
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 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.
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 on 29 June 2022. [5]
Claussen was elected a Member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein in the 2022 Schleswig-Holstein state election. [6]