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• 14 March 1960
  Born in Osnabrück

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  1978
  University entrance qualification (Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium, Osnabrück)

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  1978 to 1980
  Apprenticeship as wholesale and export assistant

• 
  1980
  Business employee

• 1980 to 1981
  Military service

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  1981 to 1987
  Studied law at the universities of Osnabrück and Münster

• 
  1987
  First state examination

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  1987 to 1990
  Legal internship and second state examination

• 
  1990
  Lawyer

• 
  1991
  Joined the Lower Saxony State Administration as a government assessor; head of department for teacher personnel in Department 410 of Weser-Ems Regional Administration, Osnabrück Branch Office

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  1991 to 1995
  Personal assistant to Gerhard Glogowski, Minister of the Interior of Lower Saxony

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  1995 to 1996
  Deputy Head of Minister Glogowski’s office

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  1997 to 2002
  Head of various departments of Weser-Ems Regional Administration, Osnabrück Branch Office

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  1999 to 2002
  Second Mayor of the city of Osnabrück (deputy to the Head Mayor)

• 
  2002
  Resignation from the office of second mayor for career reasons

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  2002 to 2006
  Head of the “Schools and Sports” Department of Weser-Ems Regional Administration, Osnabrück Branch Office

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  1996 to 2013
  Councillor of the city of Osnabrück
  Political priority areas: finance, economic development and urban development

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  2006 to 2013
  Head Mayor of the city of Osnabrück

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  2013 to 2023
  Lower Saxony Minister of the Interior and Sport

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  Since 19 January 2023
  Federal Minister of Defence