Claudia Schmidtke
German cardiac surgeon and politician
Claudia Schmidtke (born 29 March 1966) is a German cardiologist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Schleswig-Holstein from 2017 to 2021.
Political career
Schmidtke became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election. She defeated Gabriele Hiller-Ohm from the SPD, becoming the first CDU MP for the seat since 1969. She was a member of the Health Committee. Schmidtke lost her seat at the 2021 German federal election.
“Claudia Schmidtke” enters the record as german cardiac surgeon and politician. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Claudia, Schmidtke and German can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q40974933. VIAF identifies the subject as 37766983. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1966, 2017, 2021 and 1969.
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