Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defence, 2005-2013 Christian Schmidt (politician)



christian schmidt @ german parliament


schmidt named parliamentary state secretary in federal ministry of defence chancellor angela merkel on 23 november 2005. in capacity served parliamentary , political representative 3 ministers of defence; franz josef jung, karl-theodor zu guttenberg , thomas de maizière.


during time in office schmidt advanced establishment of foundation care service members negatively impacted side effects of radar signals encountered during service. time in office has seen several landmark events including investigation wartime activities of world war ii german flying ace werner mölders (2007), reorientation of federal republic’s armed forces (since 2010) , resignation of defence minister zu guttenberg in wake of plagiarism scandal (2011). schmidt had defended zu guttenberg against accusations of plagiary. schmidt played instrumental role in establishment , financing of “hardship fund” (härtefall-stiftung). fund, maintained soldiers’ relief association e.v., founded in 2012 express remit of supporting soldiers injured in line of duty. fund provides support above , beyond standard duty of care laws in federal republic, thereby serving additional assistance veterans in need.


following resignation of zu guttenberg in 2011 schmidt remained in office , re-confirmed post new minister defense, thomas de maiziere. in negotiations form coalition government following 2013 federal elections, part of cdu/csu delegation in working group on foreign affairs, defense policy , development cooperation, led de maizière , frank-walter steinmeier.







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