Biography

1984 Abitur. 1984 to 1989 Law Studies at the University of Bonn, 1989

first state law examination, 1993 second state law examination. 2001 Doctorate in law.

1993 admitted to the bar. 1984 to November 2010 member of the district executive committee of the CDU Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, 1992 to 1996 state chairman of the JU NRW, 2001 to 2009 chairman of the Bundesarbeitskreis Christlich-Demokratischer Juristen (BACDJ), November 2009 to October 2011 chairman of the CDU district association Mittelrhein, November 2010 to June 2012 chairman CDU NRW, November 2010 to December 2012 deputy chairman of the CDU of Germany, since 2021 member of the presidium of the

CDU of Germany.

Member of the Bundestag since 1994; October 2002 to February 2005 legal policy spokesman

of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, February 2005 to October 2009 1st Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group; October 2009 to May 2012 Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety; January 2014 to October 2021 Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

- IMDb mini biography by: Christian_Wolfgang_Barth