Personal Information

Born November 18, 1965 in Hanover, Protestant, married, with three daughters

In 1985, obtained Abitur (certificate giving the right of admission to the university) on the Kaiser Wilhelm Secondary School in Hanover.

Study of Law on the Universities of Würzburg and Göttingen

1985 to 1987, Completion of Military Service with the acquired rank of Reserve Lieutenant Commander

 

Memberships

Atlantik-Brücke e.V. (unsalaried member of the executive committee)

German Parliamentary Association (unsalaried member of the steering committee)

German Society for Parliamentary Research (unsalaried member of the executive committee)

Hildesheim Foundation for the Preservation and Maintenance of the Michaeliskirche Chruch World Cultural Heritage Site (unsalaried chairman)

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (unsalaried member)

German Protestant Kirchentag (unsalaried member of the steering committee)

 

Political Career/Experience

Since 1983, Member of the CDU and the Young Union (youth organisation for the CDU/CSU)

1987 to 1992, Member of the Federal Executive Committee of the Young Union

1992 to 1995, Chairman of the Lower Saxony Branch of the Young Union

Since 1995, Chairman of the CDU-Chapter in Hildesheim

Since 2004, Member of the Federal Executive Committee of the CDU

Since 2006, Federal Treasurer of the CDU, Member of the Federal Executive Board

 

Experience in the German Bundestag

Since 1994, Member of the Bundestag

Representative for the 48th Electoral District; elected via the Lower Saxony Land List

2000 to 2005, Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group

 

13th Electoral Term (1994 to 1998)

Member on the Petitions Committee, the Committee on Legal Affairs, and the Study Commission on So-Called Sects and Psycho-Groups

Subsititute Member on the Committee for Affairs within the European Union and the Committee for the Election of Judges

 

14th Electoral Term (1998 to 2002)

Deputy Chairman for the CDU Parliamentary Group from Lower Saxony

Member on the Committee for the Scrutiny of Elections, Immunity and the Rules of Procedure

Member on the the Council of Elders in the German Bundestag

Member on the Mediation Committee

Prior to March 2000, Member on Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee of Inquiry into Party Donations

Member on the Subcommittee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

Substitute Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

 

14th Electoral Term (continued)

Member on the Board of Trustees for the Federal Agency for Civic Education

Member on the Committee for the Scrutiny of Acoustic Surveillance in the Private Home

Substitute Member on the Committee for the Election of Judges to the Federal Constitutional Court

 

15th Electoral Term (2002 to 2005)

Member on the Council of Elders in the German Bundestag

Spokesman for the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group on the Committee for the Scrutiny of Elections, Immunity and the Rules of Procedure

Spokesman for the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group on the Committee of Inquiry on       the Visa Affair

Member on the Mediation Committee

Subsitute Member on the Defence Committee and the Subcommittee “Development of Internal Leadership, Political Education and Social Responsibility for               Members of the Bundeswehr against the Backdrop of Changing Deployment Tasks and Structures”

 

Chairman of the German-Hungarian Parliamentary Friendship Group

 

16th Electoral term (since 29.11.2005)

Foreign Policy Spokesman for the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group