| 1966-1970 | Adolf-Reichwein elementary school in Frankfurt-Zeilsheim |
| 1970-1978 | Leibniz High School and BIKUZ High School in Frankfurt-Höchst |
| 1979-1980 | Enlisted soldier at the telecommunications batallion |
| 1981-1987 | Study of law in Mainz, 1st state examination |
| 1987-1990 | Traineeship in Frankfurt, Hochheim and Brussels, 2nd state examination |
| 1990-1991 | Attaché formation at the diplomatic school of the Foreign Office |
| 1991-1993 | Assistant in the department International Environmental Politics of the Foreign Office |
| 1993-1995 | Assistant in the Foreign Affairs Office of the CDU |
| 1995-1999 | Assistant for the Baltic States and the Baltic Sea Council in the Foreign Office |
| since 1999 | Member of the European Parliament |
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| | Functions in the parliamentary period 1999-2004 |
| | - Member of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Security and Defence Politics |
| | - Substitute member in the committee of development and cooperation |
| | - First Vicepresident of the parliamentary committee EU-Lithuania |
| | - Substitute member of the delegation in the parliamentary committee EU-Latvia |
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| | Political Activities |
| | Since 1978 Membership of the Junge Union (JU) |
| 1985-1987 | Secretary, Deputy President and President of the JU municipal association Hattersheim |
| 1987-1989 | Treasurer, Deputy President and President of the JU district association Main-Taunus |
| 1990 | -1993 Treasurer and President of the JU county association Nassau |
| | Deputy of the county in the Hessian regional association |
| 1991-1996 | Member of the International Commission in the JU federal association |
| since 1981 | Membership of the CDU |
| 1986-1989 | CDU city councillor, member of the executive until 1991 |
| since 1988 | Member of the CDU district assembly |
| 1993-1997 | Member of the Regional Planning Assembly at the Regional Council Darmstadt |
| 1994-1996 | President of the German Federal Court of Arbitration |
| since 1994 | Deputy President of the CDU municipal association |
| since 1995 | Delegate to the EPP-congress in the CDU federal association |
| since 1999 | Member of the European Parliament in the CDU regional association |
