Curriculum Vitae

Born on March 26, 1945 in Lautzenbrücken, Germany

Obtained Abitur (school exit exam certificate; qualification for university entrance)

Studied political science and law in Freiburg and Mainz, Germany

Attorney, formerly Mayor

Party and Parliamentary Posts

1972 - 1983 Mayor of the Westerburg Municipality

1983 - 1987 Member of the Rhineland-Palatinate Parliament

1987 - present Member of the German Bundestag

1992 - 2000 Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Faction in the German Bundestag

1995 - 2011 Chairman of the German Association for Parliamentary Question

2002 - 2009 Chairman of the Intermediation Committee of the Bundestag and Bundesrat

Currently Vicepresident of the Parliamentary Assembly and Chairman of the German Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Currently Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Committee for Relations with Arab-speaking Countries in the Middle East

Currently Member of the German Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE

Currently Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs

Currently Chairman of the Group of CDU/CSU Parliamentarians from the
Rhineland-Palatinate in the German Bundestag