Wolfgang Schmidt (politician)

Wolfgang Schmidt
Schmidt in 2023
Head of the Chancellery Minister for Special Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 December 2021
Chancellor	Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Helge Braun
State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance
In office 14 March 2018 – 8 December 2021 Serving with Werner Gatzer, Rolf Bösinger, Jörg Kukies
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Minister	Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Thomas Steffen Johannes Geismann
Succeeded by	Steffen Saebisch Werner Gatzer Luise Hölscher
Counselor of State of the State Chancellery of Hamburg Representative for Federal Affairs
In office 7 March 2011 – 28 March 2018
First Mayor	Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Annette Tabbara
Personal details
Born	Wolfgang Schmidt (1970-09-23) 23 September 1970 (age 53) Hamburg, West Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party (1989–)
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Hamburg University of the Basque Country
Occupation	Spindoctor Lawyer Political Staffer Civil Servant
Website	Official Government website

Wolfgang Schmidt (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈʃmɪt]; born (1970-09-23)23 September 1970) is a German politician and jurist who has been serving as Federal Minister for Special Affairs, Head of the Chancellery and Commissioner for the Federal Intelligence Services since 2021. He was previously State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance under Minister Olaf Scholz in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021.^[1]

Schmidt has been a close associate of Scholz since 2002 and is considered his spin doctor.^[2]