- Elementary school, high school, 1978 Abitur. Studied law in Saarbrücken, first state law examination in 1985, second state law examination in 1988. Postgraduate studies in "European Integration" from 1985 to 1986, certificate in European studies. Basic military service.
1985 to 1990 research assistant at Saarland University, 1990 to 1994 official at the European Commission, Brussels; 1993 to 1994 Secretary General of the EC Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers, since 1994 on leave of absence.
Member of the Junge Union since 1974; member of the CDU since 1976; Chairman of the Saarlouis District CDU Association since 2000; member of the State Executive Committee of the Saar CDU since 1991.
Member of the Bundestag since 1994; 1998-2000 Chairman of the Subcommittee on European Law of the Legal Affairs Committee, 1999-2000 alternate member of the Convention for the drafting of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, 2002-2003 alternate member of the Constitutional Convention on the future of the European Union; Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the 1st Committee of Inquiry of the 15th legislative term; 2004-2005 Legal Counsel of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group. Since November 22, 2005 Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of the Interior.- IMDb mini biography by: Christian_Wolfgang_Barth
- German politician (CDU of Germany).
- Federal German Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (2012-2013).
- Head of the German Federal Chancellery and Minister for Special Affairs (2013-2018).
- Federal German Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy (2018-).
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