Curriculum Vitae
A short outline of my career.
Education
- Management assistant in real estate and housing industry
- Secondary School of business administration
- Vocational baccalaureat diploma
Occupational Activity
- 1976 to 1981: Real estate developer for the Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf and Housing Projects
- 1981 to 1986: Chief administrator of the Verwaltungsstelle Zivildienst Niederrhein
- 1986 to 1998: Department head of the Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbund Nordrhein-Westfalen (Federation of German Trade Unions - Northrhine-Westphalian division)
- 1998 to 2000: CEU of the Landesversicherungsanstalt Rheinprovinz
Political career
- 1998 to 2009: Member of the German Bundestag
- March 2000 to November 2000: Parliamentary State Secretary for transport, infrastructure and housing
- November 2000 to October 2002: Secretary for transport, infrastructure and housing
- 2001 to 2008: Chairman of the Forum "Sustainability, Energy and Mobility" of the National Committee of the German Social Democrats
- 2002 to 2009: Deputy Chairman of the Committee on European Affiars of the German Bundestag
- Since 2006: Maritime Ambassador of the European Union
Parliamentary Memberships
- 2003 to 2009 in NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe, Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference, Western European Union and frequent Chairmanship of the German COSAC-Delegation during the Presidency of the European Council
Memberships
- Since 1973: Member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
- Since 1974: Member of multiple DGB-Unions
- Member of multiple social and societal initiatives and associations
Honorary Capacities
- President of the Deutsche Verkehrswacht e.V.
- Chairman of the Baltic Sea Forum
- Chairman of the board of trustees of the German-Lithuanian Forum
- Member of the Supervisory Board of the Global Panel Foundation
- Member of the scientific advisory board of the Master's degree "Public Transport Management" of the University Duisburg-Essen