Gabriele Schmidt

After graduating from Hochrhein-Gymnasium Waldshut [de] in 1975, she began an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk [de] and subsequently worked in this profession for medium-sized companies. Most recently, she was sales manager at a medium-sized company in Horheim until her election to the German Bundestag.^{[citation needed]}

Schmidt is widowed.^{[citation needed]}

She joined the CDU in 1974 and the Christian Democratic Employees' Association in 1976. Since 2008, she has been chairwoman of the CDU municipal association in Ühlingen-Birkendorf. Since 1992, she has been treasurer of the CDA South Baden district association. Since 2010, she has been deputy district chairwoman of the CDU Waldshut district association and deputy district chairwoman of the CDA. She also serves as chairwoman of the CDA Waldshut district association.^{[citation needed]}

On 22 September 2013, Schmidt was elected to the German Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, placing 13th on the CDU state list for Baden-Württemberg. She represented the Waldshut constituency in the 18th Bundestag. Since March 2017, Schmidt served as deputy chair of the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs. She was not re-elected in the 2017 German federal election.^{[citation needed]}