Holger Stahlknecht


Holger Stahlknecht is a German lawyer and politician of the CDU who has been serving as State Minister of Internal Affairs in the government of Minister-President Reiner Haseloff of Saxony-Anhalt since 2011.

Early life and education

Stahlknecht was born in 1964 in Hanover and studied law at Osnabrück University and Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal.

Political career

Stahlknecht joined the CDU in 2000. After various positions in local politics, he first became a member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt in the 2002 state elections, representing the Börde district.
Since the 2011 state elections, Stahlknecht has been serving as State Minister of Internal Affairs in Saxony-Anhalt. As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat since 2011, he is a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs and of the Defence Committee.
In 2018 Stahlknecht was elected chairman of the CDU in Saxony-Anhalt.

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