Born on June 18, 1956 in Roding in the Upper Palatinate, married, two children

• 1975 Baccalauréat at the Oskar-von-Miller Gymnasium (Secondary School) in Munich
• 1975 - 1980 Studied law in Munich and Lausanne
• 1981 - 1983 Trainee lawyer in Erding and Munich
• 1983 - 1989 Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior
  • Advisor in the Public Health Department
  • Deputy Press Spokesman
  • Personal Advisor to State Secretary Dr. Peter Gauweiler
• 1989 - 2004 Bavarian State Chancellery
  • Personal Advisor and Office Manager of the Bavarian Minister-President Dr. h.c. Max Streibl
  • Cabinet Advisor and Deputy in the Policy Guidelines Department
  • Head of the Department for Economic, Scientific, Transport and Environmental Policy (1999 - 2001)
  • Head of the Policy Guidelines Department (2001 - 2004)
• As of July 1, 2004 Director General of the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Public Health.

  The Director General is the senior official in the State Ministry. He steers, coordinates and monitors the objectives and activities of the Departments.