{{short description|Danish politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Carlsberg Station opening 05.jpg | caption = Schmidt in 2016 | name = Hans Christian Schmidt | office = Minister for the Environment | term_start = 27 November 2001 | term_end = 2 August 2004 | office1 = Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries | term_start1 = 2 August 2004 | term_end1 = 12 September 2007 | office2 = Minister of Transport | term_start2 = 23 February 2010 | term_end2 = 3 October 2011 | term_start3 = 28 June 2015 | term_end3 = 28 November 2016 | office4 = Member of the Folketing | term_start4 = 21 September 1994 | term_end4 = | constituency4 = South Jutland | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|8|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Nustrup, Denmark | death_date = | resting_place = | alma_mater = | party = Venstre | other_party = | spouse = }}

'''Hans Christian Schmidt''' (born 25 August 1953) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He is a teacher by profession, and has served as Denmark's Minister of Transport from 2010 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2016, as well as Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries from 2004 to 2007, and Minister for the Environment from 2001 to 2004. He has been a member of parliament since the 1994 Danish general election.

==Background== Schmidt is the son of Holger and Ingrid Schmidt, who lived and worked on a farm. He was a school teacher in Vojens until 1984 before entering government. He is a longtime resident of the town of Vojens in Jutland.<ref name="Ft">{{cite web |title=Hans Christian Schmidt (V) |url=https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/mf/h/hans-christian-schmidt |website=Ft.dk |access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref>

==Political career== Schmidt was first elected into parliament in the 1994 election, and has been reelected in every election since. He has been a member of the municipal council of Vojens Municipality from 1982 to 2001, and served as deputy mayor from 1998 to 2001.<ref name="Ft" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Hans Christian Schmidt |url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Hans_Christian_Schmidt |website=Denstoredanske.lex.dk |date=7 May 2020 |access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref>

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==External links== {{commons}} * {{ft.dk link}}

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