1. Carsten Schneider was born on 23 January 1976 and is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 1998.
13 Facts About Carsten Schneider
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From 2017 until 2021, Schneider was the First Secretary of his party's parliamentary group, in this position assisting the group's successive chairs Andrea Nahles and Rolf Mutzenich.
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Carsten Schneider has been married since 2003 and has two daughters.
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Carsten Schneider became active in Young Socialists in the SPD and eventually was elected chairman of the Thuringian chapter.
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Carsten Schneider was a member of the Budget Committee, where he served as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on the budgets of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Office of the Federal President.
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Carsten Schneider is a member of the Thuringian SPD parliamentary caucus, of which he became speaker in 2005.
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In 2012, Carsten Schneider was selected as one of three speakers of the Seeheim Circle.
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Carsten Schneider was the chairman of the so-called Confidential Committee of the Budget Committee, which provides budgetary supervision for Germany's three intelligence services, BND, BfV and MAD.
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Ahead of the 2021 elections, Carsten Schneider was elected to lead the SPD campaign in Thuringia for the fourth consecutive time.
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Carsten Schneider is a member of the board of trustees for the Bonn-based Community-Mindedness Campaign.
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Carsten Schneider has been critical of Chancellor Angela Merkel and her policy of bailouts for Greece and Cyprus.
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Carsten Schneider criticized a possible bailout that would not punish foreign tax evaders storing their money in Cypriot banks.
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In 2011, Carsten Schneider advocated a salary cap of 500,000 euros and a higher tax on bonus payments for bankers whose companies may need government help.