Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: In 1981 , he was employed in the Chancellory of the state government in Schleswig-Holstein under Prime Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg .
Simplified: In 1981 , he was employed in the Chancellery of the state government in Schleswig-Holstein . He served there under Prime Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg .