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Elementary school Abendrothschule, Lichtenberggymnasium, 1982 Abitur. 1982 Bank apprenticeship at a private bank in northern Germany. 1984 Military service in the air force. 1985 Studies of law, political science and philosophy.
Worked in business consulting professions, since 1995 managing partner of a business consulting company.
Member of the Hafenwirtschaftsgemeinschaft Cuxhaven, the Nautischer Verein, the Kulturstiftung der Sparkasse.
1976 member of the Schülerunion and Junge Union, city, district and county chairman, member of the state executive committee; since 1979 member of the CDU, 1990 chairman of the Cuxhaven city association, since 1995 chairman of the Cuxhaven CDU district association, since 1999 chairman of the Stade CDU district association for the Elbe-Weser region, member of the state executive committee of the CDU of Lower Saxony; deputy chairman of the Wirtschaftsrat der CDU e. Member of the Cuxhaven City Council since 1986, parliamentary group chairman since 1991, member of the Cuxhaven County Council since 1991, deputy parliamentary group chairman of the Cuxhaven County Council CDU parliamentary group, chairman of the Economic Committee.
Member of the Bundestag since 2002.
