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1984 Abitur at Solitude-Gymnasium, Stuttgart-Weilimdorf. 1984 to 1985 military service in Sigmaringen and Dillingen/Donau. 1985 to 1991 Studied law in Tübingen, Lausanne, Geneva and Heidelberg, first state law examination at Ruprecht Karls University in Heidelberg; 1992 to 1995 legal trainee at Heidelberg District Court, second state law examination.
1995 to 2002 self-employed business consultant for MLP AG in Pforzheim.
Member of Lebenshilfe e. V., the Friends of the Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, the Löbliche Singergesellschaft von 1501 Pforzheim, the carnival societies PFG and KGHO, the soccer club 1. FC Pforzheim, the Coburger Convent, the German-Romanian Forum, the German-Romanian parliamentary group and on the board of the Nordstadt-Bürgerverein.
Chairman of the Pforzheim North/East CDU Local Association since 1998, Deputy Chairman of the Pforzheim CDU Municipal Association since 1999; member of the Economic Council and the Association of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
Member of the Bundestag since 2002.
