Silke Schneider

Dr. Silke Schneider studied jurisprudence in Cologne and Hamburg.^[2] In 1997, she became a judge at the Amtsgericht in Lübeck. Between 2008 and 2011, Schneider acted as the Equality Commissioner in the Ministry of Justice for Schleswig-Holstein.^[3] From 2009 to 2014, she was the director of the Amtsgericht Bad Segeberg.^[2]

In 2014, Schneider joined the Schleswig-Holstein state government as Secretary of State for Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Areas under Torsten Albig’s administration.^[2] She continued her political career as Secretary of State in the Finance Ministry during Daniel Günther’s administration from 2017 to 2020.^[1] After stepping down, Schneider served as the President of the Landgericht in Lübeck starting in 2020 and joined the Schleswig-Holstein Constitutional Court in 2021.^[2]

On August 1, 2024, Dr. Schneider was appointed the Finance Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, succeeding Monika Heinold.^[2] She subsequently stepped down as President of the Landgericht in Lübeck and member of the Schleswig-Holstein Constitutional Court.^[4]

Silke Schneider is the mother of six children from two marriages. She was previously married to Hartmut Schneider, former vice president of the Landgericht in Lübeck.^[5][6]