Patrick Schnieder

Patrick Schnieder
Official portrait, 2014
Minister of Transport
Assumed office
6 May 2025
ChancellorFriedrich Merz
Preceded byVolker Wissing (as Minister of Digital and Transport)
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
27 September 2009
Personal details
Born (1968-05-01) 1 May 1968
Kyllburg, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union (since 1984)
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
OccupationPolitician
Military service
Allegiance Germany
Branch/service Bundeswehr
Years of service1987–1988

Patrick Schnieder (born 1 May 1968) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Federal Minister for Transport in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025. He has been a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2009.