| 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 |
| Constituency4: | South Jutland |
| Birth Date: | 25 August 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Nustrup, Denmark |
| Party: | Venstre |
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.
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.[1]
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.[2]