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Christina Schmidt-Holtmann
Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation
Head of Unit Digital Economy and Digital Sovereignty
Dr Christina Schmidt-Holtmann studied Law at the University of Trier, where she also worked as a research assistant in public, international and European law. Her dissertation on data protection was recognised with the 2012 Science Prize of the Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Rhineland-Palatinate and the 2013 Sponsorship Award of the Friends of the University of Trier. From 2010 to 2012, she completed her legal clerkship in the Berlin Chamber Court district, including a placement at the German Embassy in Santiago de Chile. Since 2013, she has held advisory roles in the Department for Digital and Innovation Policy at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. In 2016, during a secondment to the Federal Foreign Office, she served as attaché for the Internal Market at Germany’s Permanent Representation to the European Union. Between 2021 and 2025 she headed the Unit for Data Availability, Digital Sovereignty, SPRIND at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. Since 2025, she leads the Unit for Digital Economy and Digital Sovereignty at the Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation.
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