Paul Schmidt (politician)
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Paul Schmidt | |
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| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2025 | |
| Constituency | Baden-Württemberg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966 (age 59–60) |
| Party | Alternative for Germany (since 2013) |
Paul Schmidt (born 1966)[1] is a German politician. He currently serves as a member of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg, as a member of Alternative for Germany.[2][3]
Early life
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Schmidt studied physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt, including two semesters at Syracuse University (SU), Syracuse, NY, USA, where he received a rowing scholarship.[citation needed] During his studies, he worked as a radiation worker in the laboratory.[citation needed] In 1988, he received his Bachelor-of-Science and in 1991 his Master-of-Science degree in Physics, both at Syracuse University.[citation needed] His first professional station was the former Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center (now Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe).[citation needed]
In 1993, he accepted a doctoral position at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Hesse, Germany, at the chair of the biophysicist Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kiefer.[citation needed] He returned to Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe as a post-doc.[citation needed] At the Institute for Reactor Safety, he worked on the thermohydraulic design of a lead-cooled nuclear reactor. Then came the step into industry: As project coordinator at the Gesellschaft für Nuklear Service (GNS) in Essen, Schmidt was responsible for the development of fuel-assembly containers for energy suppliers in the USA and Italy.[1]
In 2001, he began working at EnBW Kraftwerke AG in the department of "Fundamental Nuclear Issues" in Stuttgart and at the Philippsburg nuclear power plant (KKP).[citation needed]
Politics
[edit]Schmidt has cited the support of the AfD for nuclear power as his reason for joining the party in 2013.[2] In 2014, he was elected city councillor in Karlsruhe, later re-elected twice,[4] and a regional councillor in the Middle Upper Rhine Regional Association.[citation needed] Since 2019 he has been the parliamentary-group chairman in both bodies.[citation needed]
In 2016 and 2021,[5] Schmidt ran in the Karlsruhe I state parliament constituency, and in 2020 in the mayoral election in Karlsruhe.[2][6] He ran in the 2025 German federal election on the AfD state list of Baden-Württemberg in 19th place, and was the final candidate elected from that list.[3]
In September 2025, the AfD established a parliamentary working group on nuclear power on Schmidt's initiative, which he currently chairs.[citation needed] Schmidt is also a member of the Bundestag committee on the Environment, Climate Protection, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Deutscher Bundestag - Dr. Paul Schmidt". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Der Ruderer Paul Schmidt will Steuermann werden". Badische Neueste Nachrichten (in German). 23 November 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- 1 2 "Elected candidates". Federal Returning Officer.
- ↑ "Personen - Gremieninfosystem". region-karlsruhe.gremieninfomanagement.net. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ swr.de. "Kandidat Dr. Paul Schmidt, AfD". kandidatencheck.swr.de (in German). Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "OB-Kandidat Paul Schmidt offiziell vorgestellt: "Karlsruhe soll sicherer und sauber werden" | ka-news". ka-news.de (in German). 5 November 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2025.