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Christian Schmidt

High Representative, Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina

High Representative since August 1, 2021

  • Federal Minister (former)
  • Member of the German Bundestag since 1990
  • Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs and rapporteur for the Western Balkan States
  • Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture from 17 February 2014 to 14 March 2018
  • Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development from 2013 to 2014
  • Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defense from 2005 to 2013
  • Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group for Defense 2002-2005
  • Chairman of the Parliamentary Working Group for Foreign Policy, Defense and European Affairs for the CSU Parliamentary Group 1991- 2002
  • Representing CSU Parliamentary Group in the Western Balkans advisory circle of Chancellor Helmut Kohl from 1992 to 1998
  • President of the German Atlantic Association since 2006
  • Vice-Chair of the Hanns-Seidel-Foundation since 2018
  • Treasurer and member of the Presidency of the European People’s Party
  • Vice-Chair of the CSU from 2011 to 2017
  • Born in 1957 in Obernzenn (Franconia); married, father of two children
  • Lawyer by profession; University of Erlangen and University of Lausanne
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The 2BS (To Be Secure) Forum is a leading politico-security forum in Southeast Europe (SEE) that has been shaping national, regional, and international security frameworks since its inception in 2011. As the flagship event of the Atlantic Council of Montenegro, it provides an exceptional and unique platform for prominent political figures, as well as international organizations representatives, academia, security experts, business leaders, renowned global think tanks, NGO experts and innovators to generate ideas and solutions to effectively tackle and overcome the prevailing global challenges pertaining to security and stability.

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