Born on 24 September 1947 in Baden-Baden/Germany

President of the Board of Directors of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat

Former President of the Board of Directors of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat from the European Continent (1996-2008)

Spokesman on local government policy for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag

Federal chairman of the Local Government Policy Association of the CDU and CSU of Germany

Member of the Committee on Transport, Building and Urban Affairs in the German Bundestag

Member of the German delegation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)