
Boris Pistorius is Federal Minister of Defence
(Photo: Bundeswehr/Jankowski)
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14 March 1960
Born in Osnabrück -
1978
University entrance qualification (Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium, Osnabrück) -
1978 to 1980
Apprenticeship as wholesale and export assistant -
1980
Business employee
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1980 to 1981
Military service -
1981 to 1987
Studied law at the universities of Osnabrück and Münster -
1987
First state examination -
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 -
1991 to 1995
Personal assistant to Gerhard Glogowski, Minister of the Interior of Lower Saxony -
1995 to 1996
Deputy Head of Minister Glogowski’s office -
1997 to 2002
Head of various departments of Weser-Ems Regional Administration, Osnabrück Branch Office -
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 -
2002 to 2006
Head of the “Schools and Sports” Department of Weser-Ems Regional Administration, Osnabrück Branch Office -
1996 to 2013
Councillor of the city of Osnabrück
Political priority areas: finance, economic development and urban development -
2006 to 2013
Head Mayor of the city of Osnabrück -
2013 to 2023
Lower Saxony Minister of the Interior and Sport -
Since 19 January 2023
Federal Minister of Defence
Bonn office
Fontainengraben 150
53123 Bonn
Phone: +49 (0) 228 12 – 0
Berlin office
Stauffenbergstraße 18
10785 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 - 2004 - 0
Website of the Federal Ministry of Defence