Andreas Scheel
Andreas Scheel | |
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| Minister of Administrative and Constitutional Reform | |
| Assumed office 28 June 2019 | |
| Chancellor | Otto von Hößlin |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Constituency | Röttseig |
| Member of the Herrstag | |
| Assumed office 14 May 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 June 1949 Jungheim, Cislania, Werania |
| Political party | National Consolidation Party |
| Alma mater | Westbrücken Hoffheim University |
Andreas Scheel (born 20 June 1949) is a Weranian politician and lawyer who currently serves as the Minister of Administrative and Constitutional Reform in the government of Otto von Hößlin. Scheel has also been a member of the Herrstag since the 2017 Herrstag election.
A corporate lawyer with an alma mater from the Westbrücken Hoffheim University Scheel worked for several years for the company ÖE Holdings before becoming Director of the right-wing think tank the Institute for Public Policy (IOO) that is closely aligned with the National Consolidation Party from 2004 to 2015. He resigned as IOO Director in 2015 when he became an adviser to NKP federal president Otto von Hösslin following the latter's election as NKP leader specialising on foreign policy and state reform.
In 2017 he ran as a NKP candidate in the Herrstag for the safe seat of Röttseig in Wittislich being easily elected. Following the NKP's victory in the 2019 election Scheel was invited to serve in the Hösslin government in the newly created Ministry of Administrative and Constitutional Reform. As Minister Scheel has been tasked with reducing bureaucracy and government waste as well as formulating ideas to streamline coordination between the legislature and executive. Scheel also has oversight over other government departments.
Scheel is commonly considered to be in the "inner circle" of von Hösslin and his "closest adviser" in government. Scheel is considered to be associated with the more conservative wing of the NKP supporting a neoconservative foreign policy and social conservatism domestically. In both his role as Director of the IOO and Minister Scheel has advocated for the restructuring of the Weranian state to be more efficient and centralised. Scheel has stated that his aim as Minister is to "deconstruct the old bureaucratic elite and create a governing model that is focused on social entrepreneurship rather then solely market or state based solutions".