Biography

1972 Abitur. Studied to be a teacher in 1985, graduated from high school in Krefeld-Uerdingen. 1985 to 1986 military service in the German Air Force. 1986 to 1992 law studies and first state examination in Freiburg im Breisgau, second state examination in 1995 in Düsseldorf.

Since 1995 attorney in Krefeld; June 1996 to September 2002 parliamentary advisor to the FDP parliamentary group for legal policy and parliamentary law in Bonn and Berlin.

Member of the German Bar Association, the German Jurists' Day, the Federal Bar Association and the Krefeld Local History Association; since April 2005 member of the Administrative Board of the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks (BImA), since March 2004 member of the Chamber for Public Responsibility of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).

Member of the FDP since 1989; from 1996 to 1998 and since 2002 Deputy District Chairman of the Krefeld FDP.

Member of the Bundestag since 2002; since September 2004 member of the committee on federal loan financing issues, since November 2005 chairman of the budget committee.m (English, sports science) in Bochum; legal traineeship in Gelsenkirchen-Buer.

1980 to 1992 secondary school teacher in Schwerte, 1992 to 1994 active at Schwerte Comprehensive School.

Member of the AWO, various sports clubs, various booster clubs, the Iserlohn Animal Welfare Association and the German Animal Welfare Association. Vice President of the German Athletics Association since 2001.

Member of the SPD since 1975. 1989 to 1999 council member and chairwoman.
- IMDb mini biography by: Christian_Wolfgang_Barth