*7.02.1966 in Rostock, Germany
Former Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Women, Senior Citizens and Youth
Since May 2019 |
Director of the Multilateral Dialogue KAS in Vienna |
June 2013 until |
Director of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung |
April 2019 |
Office Russian Federation |
April 2010 until March 2013 |
Director of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Office United Kingdom and Ireland |
March 2006 until January 2010 |
Director of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Office Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo |
Since 2013 |
deputy Board member of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) |
2004 - 2013 |
Board member of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) |
2002 – 2005 |
Member of the Foreign Affairs Committe of the German Bundestag and Vice-Chair of the United Nations Subcommittee, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE |
October 1996 until April 2000 |
Board member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) |
18.11.1994 until 26.10.1998 |
Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Women, Senior Citizens and Youth in the cabinet of Chancellor Dr. Helmut Kohl (CDU) |
1990 - 2005 |
Member of the German Bundestag |
1990 |
Joined the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) |
1989 |
Member of the opposition movement “Neues Forum” in East Germany |
1985 – 1990 |
Study of automation engineering and cybernetics at the Technical University of Ilmenau, graduated 1990 (dipl.-ing.) |