CV

• Born on 29 September 1968 in Düsseldorf.

• 1988
  Abitur (university entrance qualification)

• since 1988
  Member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)

• 1988 to 1996
  Studied German philology and political science in Bochum, master’s degree

• 1993 to 1997
  Freelance advertising and PR work

• 1993 to 1997
  NRW State Chair of the Young Socialists in the SPD

• 1997 to 2000
  Member of the NRW State Parliament

• 2000 to 2004
  Management consultant, focus on the public sector

• 2004 to 2018
  Member of the NRW State Parliament

• 2010 to 2017
  Minister of Innovation, Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

• 2017 to 2018
  Secretary General of the SPD in North Rhine-Westphalia

• 2018 to 2021
  Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

• since 2021 
  Member of the Bundestag

• since December 2021 
  Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development