Biography

High school diploma. Studied Protestant theology.

1980 to 1983 pastor. 1983 to 1990 Federal Commissioner for Civilian Service.

1992 to 1998 Secretary-General of the CDU in Germany. Since 2002 Vice President of the European People's Party (EPP).

Member of the Bundestag since 1990; January 1991 to May 1992 Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Women and Youth, since November 2005 Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economics and Technology; in the 15th WP European policy spokesman for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group.
- IMDb mini biography by: Christian_Wolfgang_Barth

Secretary General of CDU (1992-1998).