Christian Schmidt (politician)

His Excellency Christian Schmidt
Schmidt in 2023
High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 August 2021
Preceded by	Valentin Inzko
Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
Interim
In office 24 October 2017 – 14 March 2018
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Alexander Dobrindt
Succeeded by	Andreas Scheuer
Minister of Food and Agriculture
In office 17 February 2014 – 14 March 2018
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Hans-Peter Friedrich
Succeeded by	Julia Klöckner
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
In office 17 December 2013 – 17 February 2014
Minister	Gerd Müller
Preceded by	Gudrun Kopp
Succeeded by	Thomas Silberhorn
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Defence
In office 23 November 2005 – 17 December 2013
Minister	Franz Josef Jung Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Thomas de Maizière
Preceded by	Walter Kolbow
Succeeded by	Ralf Brauksiepe
Parliamentary offices Member of the Bundestag for Fürth In office 20 December 1990 – 26 October 2021 Preceded by Werner Dollinger Succeeded by Tobias Winkler
Personal details
Born	(1957-08-26) 26 August 1957 (age 67) Obernzenn, Bavaria, West Germany
Political party	Christian Social Union
Spouse	Ria Hess ​ (m. 1989)​
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Erlangen
Profession	Lawyer
Website	christian-schmidt.de

Hans Сhristian Friedrich Schmidt^[1] (born 26 August 1957) is a German politician serving as the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina since August 2021. He is a member of the Christian Social Union.

Schmidt served as Minister of Food and Agriculture from 2014 to 2018. He was Parliamentary Secretary of State in the German Federal Ministry of Defence from 2005 to 2013, as well as Parliamentary Secretary of State in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development from December 2013 until February 2014.^[2] He was member of the Bundestag for Fürth from 1990 to 2021.