Holger Stahlknecht

German politician

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Holger Stahlknecht (born 13 November 1964) is a German lawyer and politician of the CDU who was the State Minister of Internal Affairs in the government of Minister-President Reiner Haseloff of Saxony-Anhalt from 2011 until 2020.^[1]

Early life and education

Stahlknecht was born in 1964 in Hanover and studied law at Osnabrück University and Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal.

Political career

Stahlknecht joined the CDU in 2000. After various positions in local politics, he first became a member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt in the 2002 state elections, representing the Börde district.

From the 2011 state elections, Stahlknecht served as State Minister of Internal Affairs in Saxony-Anhalt. As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat since 2011, he was a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs and of the Defence Committee.

In 2018 Stahlknecht was elected chairman of the CDU in Saxony-Anhalt.^[2]

Other activities

Mitteldeutsche Basketball Marketing GmbH, Member of the Advisory Board^[3]

References

^ "Haseloff entlässt Innenminister Stahlknecht" [Haseloff fires Minister of Internal Affairs Stahlknecht]. Tagesschau (in German). 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ mdr.de. "Innenminister Stahlknecht neuer CDU-Parteichef - MDR.DE". www.mdr.de.
^ Advisory Board Archived 2019-04-15 at the Wayback Machine Mitteldeutsche Basketball Marketing GmbH.