Uwe Schuenemann (born August 8, 1964) is a German politician (Christian Democratic Union of Germany) and interior minister of the German state of the federation Lower Saxony. In the course of his office, he is known for relatively hard-line stances.Schünemann attented Gymnasium an der Wilhelmstraße (later Campe-Gymnasium) in Holzminden, where he acquired his Abitur in 1984. After that he completed his training as an industrial clerk, before doing his basic military service in 1987/1988.Preceding his election to the Landtag in 1994, he was employed as industrial clerk at Haarmann & Reimer GmbH (today Symrise) in Holzminden.