Julia Schneider

{{Short description|German politician (born 1990)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Julia Schneider

| image = Julia-Schneider Pressfoto(VincentVillwock).jpg

| caption = Schneider in 2021

| office = Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin

| term_start = 4 November 2021

| term_end =

| predecessor =

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|03|05}}

| birth_name = Julia Schneider

| birth_place = East Berlin, East Germany

| party = Alliance 90/The Greens

| residence = Pankow, Berlin

| alma_mater = University of Regensburg
Complutense University of Madrid
European University Viadrina
Speyer University

}}

Julia Schneider (born 5 March 1990) is a German administrative scientist and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 2021.

Early life and education

Schneider was born in East Berlin in 1990, shortly before German reunification. She grew up in Neu-Hohenschönhausen and later Freiburg im Breisgau.{{cite web|url=https://juliaschneider.info/ueber-mich-2/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220213/https://juliaschneider.info/ueber-mich-2/ |archive-date=2022-02-13 |url-status=live|title=About me|access-date=12 February 2022|language=de|website=Juliaschneider.info}}{{cbignore}} After completing secondary school, she studied German-Spanish studies at the University of Regensburg and the Complutense University of Madrid from 2010 to 2013, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts. This was followed by further studies at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt an der Oder, where she earned a Master of Arts in intercultural communication studies in 2016 and another in European studies in 2016. In 2020, she completed a postgraduate course in administrative sciences at Speyer University.{{cite web|url=https://www.parlament-berlin.de/Abgeordnete/julia-schneider|title=Julia Schneider|access-date=12 February 2022|language=de|website=Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin}}{{cite web|url=https://juliaschneider.info/ueber-mich/cv/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220213/https://juliaschneider.info/ueber-mich/cv/ |archive-date=2022-02-13 |url-status=live|title=Professional Background|access-date=12 February 2022|language=de|website=Juliaschneider.info}}{{cbignore}}

Schneider speaks German, English, Spanish, French, and Polish.

Early career

After her studies, Schneider moved to Berlin and became a research assistant at the Bundestag, where she worked for Greens MdB Sven-Christian Kindler from 2017 to 2018. She was then a trainee at the Department for Interior and Sports in the Senate of Berlin from 2018 to 2020. In February 2021, she became a civil servant in the transport department.

Political career

Schneider joined the Greens in 2017. From 2020 to 2021, she was a member of the executive of the party's Pankow district association.{{cite web|url=https://gruene.berlin/fileadmin/BE/lv_berlin/LV_Berlin_Dokumente/LDK/2021_04_LDK/Bewerbung_Julia_Schneider.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220213/https://gruene.berlin/fileadmin/BE/lv_berlin/LV_Berlin_Dokumente/LDK/2021_04_LDK/Bewerbung_Julia_Schneider.pdf |archive-date=2022-02-13 |url-status=live|title=Application for the state list|access-date=12 February 2022|language=de|website=Greens Berlin}}{{cbignore}} In 2021, she was nominated as candidate for the Pankow 7 constituency in the 2021 Berlin state election as well as 31st position on the state party list. She was elected to the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin, winning Pankow 7 with 30.7% of votes.{{cite web|url=https://www.wahlen-berlin.de/wahlen/Be2021/AFSPRAES/ergebnisse_wahlkreis_0307.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220213/https://www.wahlen-berlin.de/wahlen/Be2021/AFSPRAES/ergebnisse_wahlkreis_0307.html |archive-date=2022-02-13 |url-status=live|title=Pankow 7|date=14 October 2021|access-date=12 February 2022|language=de|website=Elections Berlin}}{{cbignore}} She became deputy chair of the Greens parliamentary group and spokeswoman for personnel and administration, budget policy, and forest policy.{{cite web|url=https://gruene-fraktion.berlin/kontakt/julia-schneider/|title=Julia Schneider|access-date=12 February 2022|language=de|website=Greens Faction Berlin}}

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