CV

• 14 March 1960
  Born in Osnabrück

• 1978
  University entrance qualification 

• 1978 to 1980
  Apprenticeship as wholesale and export assistant

• 1980
  Business employee

• 1980 to 1981
  Military service

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

• 1982 to 1983
  Studied French at the Université Catholique de l’Ouest, Angers, France

• 1987 to 1990
  First state examination/second state examination

• 1990
  Activity as a Lawyer

• 1991
  Government assessor in the Weser-Ems Regional Administration

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

• 2006 to 2013
  Head Mayor of the city of Osnabrück

• 2013 to 2023
  Lower Saxony Minister of the Interior and Sport

• 2017 to 2023
  Member of the Parliament of Lower Saxony

• Since 19 January 2023
  Federal Minister of Defence